HIST 8B: LATAM INDEP&NATIONA

University of California, Santa Barbara

History 8A-B are general survey courses designed to introduce students to m ajor themes in Latin American history. This course encompasses the crisis o f colonial rule in the late eighteenth century, independence wars in the ea rly nineteenth century, and the birth and transformations of independent re publics from Mexico through the Caribbean to the Andes and the Southern Con e, into the twenty-first century. The course emphasizes the diversity of th e Latin American experience with special attention to political processes a nd social transformations including revolutions, slavery and its legacies, and the struggle for citizenship and democracy, with particular attention t o the working classes and ingenious movements.

Average GPA: 2.84

Grade distribution records: 361 students across 3 terms.

Grade distribution

Based on 361 student grade records across 3 terms and 1 professor.

Instructors

• Mendez S C 361 students, Average GPA 2.84