History 355 - The Caribbean

This general education course surveys the cultural, social, economic and political history of the Caribbean from the late fifteenth century to the present. This lecture and discussion course focuses on the Greater Antilles (i.e., Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, and Puerto Rico) in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. We will explore key historical moments in the region to better understand how the peoples of the Caribbean negotiated concepts of sovereignty, labor, economic independence, and self-determination. Topics include conquest and settlement, colonialism, slavery, independence, paternalism, informal and formal imperialism, Pan-Americanism, Pan-Africanism, caudillismo, political and social revolution, and neo-liberalism. This course fulfills both the
Historical Studies and Global Diversity general education requirements. (Gen. Ed. HS, G)

Open to Seniors, Juniors & Sophomores only.