HIST 309
HISTORY OF LATIN AMERICA TO 1825.
Readings and Materials
Assignment 1: Ecological Indians and Indigenous Ecologies.
Workshop 1: Primary Sources
-Anonymous, Popol Vuh: The Mayan Book of the Dawn of Life Translated by Dennis Tedlock, (New York: Touchstone, 1996), 21-25; 63-74; 145-150.
- Garcilaso de la Vega, El Inca, Royal Commentaries of the Incas and General History of Peru Translated by Harold V. Livermore, (Austin: University of Texas, 1966), 241-247; 498-501; 509-516; 527-530.
- Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala, The First New Chronicle and Good Government. On the history of the world and the Incas up to 1615. Translated by Roland Hamilton, (Austin: University of Texas Press, 2009), 179-200.
- Amerigo Vespucci, Letters from a New World. Amerigo Vespucci’s Discovery of America Translated by Lucian Formisano, (New York: Marsilio, 1992), 19-28.
-Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca, His Account, His Life, and the Expedition of Pánfilo de Narváez. Translated and edited by Rolena Adorno and Patrick Charles Pautz, (Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1999), xv-xix, 221-237.
-Fray Gaspar de Carvajal, The Voyage of Fransisco de Orellana down the Amazon in 1542. Translated by B.T. Lee in John H. Parry and Robert G. Keith, New Iberian World. A Documentary History of Discovery and Settlement of Latin America to the Early 17th Century. Volume V: Coastlines, Rivers, and Forests. (NY, Times Books, 1986), 209-213.
Workshop 2: Interpretations
-Public Sevice Announcement: “Keep America Beautiful” [aka ‘The Crying Indian] USA, 1971. Available via Youtube at URL: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_R-FZsysQNw
-Wade Davis, “Peoples of the Anaconda” Lecture 3 of the 2010 CBC Massey Lectures entitled The Wayfinders: Why Ancient Wisdom Matters in the Modern World. (Aprox. 50 minutes) Available at URL: http://www.cbc.ca/ideas/episodes/massey-lectures/2009/11/02/massey-lectures-2009-the-wayfinders-why-ancient-wisdom-matters-in-the-modern-world/
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HISTORY OF LATIN AMERICA TO 1825.
Readings and Materials
Assignment 1: Ecological Indians and Indigenous Ecologies.
Workshop 1: Primary Sources
-Anonymous, Popol Vuh: The Mayan Book of the Dawn of Life Translated by Dennis Tedlock, (New York: Touchstone, 1996), 21-25; 63-74; 145-150.
- Garcilaso de la Vega, El Inca, Royal Commentaries of the Incas and General History of Peru Translated by Harold V. Livermore, (Austin: University of Texas, 1966), 241-247; 498-501; 509-516; 527-530.
- Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala, The First New Chronicle and Good Government. On the history of the world and the Incas up to 1615. Translated by Roland Hamilton, (Austin: University of Texas Press, 2009), 179-200.
- Amerigo Vespucci, Letters from a New World. Amerigo Vespucci’s Discovery of America Translated by Lucian Formisano, (New York: Marsilio, 1992), 19-28.
-Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca, His Account, His Life, and the Expedition of Pánfilo de Narváez. Translated and edited by Rolena Adorno and Patrick Charles Pautz, (Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1999), xv-xix, 221-237.
-Fray Gaspar de Carvajal, The Voyage of Fransisco de Orellana down the Amazon in 1542. Translated by B.T. Lee in John H. Parry and Robert G. Keith, New Iberian World. A Documentary History of Discovery and Settlement of Latin America to the Early 17th Century. Volume V: Coastlines, Rivers, and Forests. (NY, Times Books, 1986), 209-213.
Workshop 2: Interpretations
-Public Sevice Announcement: “Keep America Beautiful” [aka ‘The Crying Indian] USA, 1971. Available via Youtube at URL: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_R-FZsysQNw
-Wade Davis, “Peoples of the Anaconda” Lecture 3 of the 2010 CBC Massey Lectures entitled The Wayfinders: Why Ancient Wisdom Matters in the Modern World. (Aprox. 50 minutes) Available at URL: http://www.cbc.ca/ideas/episodes/massey-lectures/2009/11/02/massey-lectures-2009-the-wayfinders-why-ancient-wisdom-matters-in-the-modern-world/
-Kirkpatrick Sale,... [continues]
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