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070648 KU Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo and Buenos Aires (2007S)

Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo and Buenos Aires

4.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 7 - Geschichte
Continuous assessment of course work

Spanisch- bzw. Portugiesischkenntnisse erwünscht

Details

max. 25 participants
Language: German

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

  • Monday 05.03. 09:00 - 11:00 (ehem. Hörsaal 45 Hauptgebäude, 2.Stock, Stiege 8)
  • Monday 19.03. 09:00 - 11:00 (ehem. Hörsaal 45 Hauptgebäude, 2.Stock, Stiege 8)
  • Monday 26.03. 09:00 - 11:00 (ehem. Hörsaal 45 Hauptgebäude, 2.Stock, Stiege 8)
  • Monday 16.04. 09:00 - 11:00 (ehem. Hörsaal 45 Hauptgebäude, 2.Stock, Stiege 8)
  • Monday 23.04. 09:00 - 11:00 (ehem. Hörsaal 45 Hauptgebäude, 2.Stock, Stiege 8)
  • Monday 30.04. 09:00 - 11:00 (ehem. Hörsaal 45 Hauptgebäude, 2.Stock, Stiege 8)
  • Monday 07.05. 09:00 - 11:00 (ehem. Hörsaal 45 Hauptgebäude, 2.Stock, Stiege 8)
  • Monday 14.05. 09:00 - 11:00 (ehem. Hörsaal 45 Hauptgebäude, 2.Stock, Stiege 8)
  • Monday 21.05. 09:00 - 11:00 (ehem. Hörsaal 45 Hauptgebäude, 2.Stock, Stiege 8)
  • Monday 04.06. 09:00 - 11:00 (ehem. Hörsaal 45 Hauptgebäude, 2.Stock, Stiege 8)
  • Monday 11.06. 09:00 - 11:00 (ehem. Hörsaal 45 Hauptgebäude, 2.Stock, Stiege 8)
  • Monday 18.06. 09:00 - 11:00 (ehem. Hörsaal 45 Hauptgebäude, 2.Stock, Stiege 8)
  • Monday 25.06. 09:00 - 11:00 (ehem. Hörsaal 45 Hauptgebäude, 2.Stock, Stiege 8)

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

World War II, the "fear of a 5th column" in the Western Hemisphere and the interruption of trade flows between Europe and Latin America brought some striking political and economic changes in many Latin American countries. The Office of Inter-American Affairs (1940 - 1946), headed by Nelson Rockefeller,
was assigned to the State Department and formed decisively the US-policy towards Latin America. It linked socio-economic strategies (exploitation of raw materials, health & sanitary projects, food production) with cultural-political stategies (mass media, art and culture transfers) in order to oust Europe from the Western Hemisphere, to gain Latin America's support for the war effort and to create a Pan American identity. On the basis of articles and primary sources from US archives we will discuss US-strategies, Latin American reactions and analyse also different historical discourses (culture transfer, cultural imperialism, world system). The course will be given in English.

Assessment and permitted materials

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

Examination topics

Reading list

Lindner, Rolf: Walks on the Wild Side. Eine Geschichte der Stadtforschung. Frankfurt a.M. 2004; Feldbauer, Peter/ Bronger, Dirk (Hg.): Mega-Cities. Frankfurt a.M. 1997.

Association in the course directory

R4; MWG08; Modul Globalgeschichte

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