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The United States and Latin America, 1952-2004 (U02976)

? Credit Points : 20 ? SCQF Level : 10 ? Acronym : HCA-3-USALA

The course provides an overview of US foreign policy in Latin America, 1952-2004, and the experience of Latin American communities in the United States over the same period. From a practical perspective, topics to be covered would include: Cold War counterinsurgency, the War on Drugs, Latin American groups in Florida, California and elsewhere, and the impact of multinational entities, from religious organisations to corporations and political institutions. From a theoretical perspective, students will be expected to think imaginatively about traditional categories of foreign and domestic history. In addition, students will be exposed to new currents in the practice of history, revolving around deconstruction, interdisciplinarity, and transnationalism.

Entry Requirements

? Pre-requisites : A pass in any first level historical course or equivalent and any second level historical course or equivalent. Before enrolling students on this course, Directors are asked to contact the History Honours Admissions Secretary to ensure that a place is available (tel. 503783).

Subject Areas

Home subject area

History, (School of History, Classics and Archaeology, Schedule E)

Delivery Information

? Normal year taken : 3rd year

? Delivery Period : Not being delivered

? Contact Teaching Time : 2 hour(s) per week for 11 weeks

All of the following classes

Type	Day	Start	End	Area
Lecture	Friday	09:00	10:50	Central

Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes

Students will gain an appreciation of the history of the Americas in the later twentieth century, and the foreign policy of the United States in particular.

Students should expect to develop a variety of transferable skills - research, analysis, evaluation, methods of criticism, argument and presentation and gain experience with differing approaches to historical and historiographical understanding.

They will, moreover, be exposed to material directly relevant to global politics and society today, and should by the end of the course be able to apply their learning to contemporary political events.