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| Campus | Haverford |
| Semester | Fall 2025 |
| Registration ID | HISTH317A001 |
| Course Title | Topics in Latin American History: Rio de Janeiro, Past and Present |
| Credit | 1.00 |
| Department | Visual Studies |
| Instructor | Krippner,James |
| Times and Days | Th 01:30pm-03:55pm
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| Additional Course Info | Class Number: 2661 This research-oriented seminar invites you to analyze the fascinating history of; Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, as it is transformed over the centuries by an intricate; mixture of local and global histories. This geographic space has been a zone of; indigenous settlement from antiquity through the formation of a hybrid colonial; culture into the present; a sixteenth and seventeenth century frontier outpost; blessed with a beautiful natural harbor utilized by early modern religious; dissidents, pirates, smugglers, and adventurers seeking their fortunes; the home; of an important whaling industry as the colony matured; a vibrant port city and; increasingly massive human trafficking center during the era of mass; enslavement beginning in the sixteenth and extending through most of the; nineteenth century; the seat of colonial and national governments from the mid-; eighteenth through the mid-twentieth centuries; a transregional trade center; linking the Americas, Europe, Africa, and Asia from the sixteenth century through; the present; a site of conflictive labor, ethnic, racial, gender and sexual politics; for several centuries; and since the end of WWII a cosmopolitan global tourist; destination renowned for its multi-faceted popular culture, especially its beaches,; music, dance, carnival, soccer and religious traditions. As we shall see, Rio de; Janeiro has been all these things and more since its founding on March 1, 1565. Social Science, A: Meaning, Interpretation (Texts), B: Analysis of the Social World (Hav: SO, A, B) |
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