History
| HIST2604 | The Caribbean: from Caribs to Castro Part II (A) | 3ch (2C 1T) [W] |
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This survey course introduces students to a history of the Caribbean from the Haitian Revolution in the late eighteenth century to the Cuban Revolution and rise of Fidel Castro in the mid-20th century. Topics covered include: the abolitionist movement; slave emancipation and struggles to define freedom; Indian indentureship; nationalist and independence struggles; the U.S. occupation of Cuba and Puerto Rico; Afro-Atlantic civil rights movement; Che Guevara; the Caribbean and international affairs. | ||
