History 1746. Contestation, Rebellion, and Revolution in Brazil and Spanish South America (1770-1808)
Catalog Number: 8945
Enrollment: Limited to 15.
Kenneth R. Maxwell
Half course (spring term). M., 3-5. EXAM GROUP: 8, 9
A comparative examination of Brazil and the Andes in the two decades before independence. This course will explore the diverse forms of contestation in South America between 1770 and 1808. For Brazil this will involve the several pre-independence conspiracies, and for Spanish America the Rebellions in the Andes. The seminar will focus on the intellectual articulation of these movements and well as their social and economic roots.