Università Roma Tre

The formation of Latin America: the colonial era (XVI-XVII-XVIII centuries).
Spanish America, Portuguese America: the geographical environment, the populations encountered.
The stages of discovery. The stages of conquest. The consequences in Europe.
The modalities of colonization. The evangelization of the Indians, the role of religious orders.
Institutions during the Iberian domination. State and Church in America.
Economy, trade, transport. Colonial society.
The changes of the eighteenth century. Reforms and revolts.
Independence, phases and main events. Thought and action of Simón Bolívar.
The political and economic structure in the nineteenth century. The liberal order and progress.
The secularization of society. The great migrations between the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
The impact of European ideologies. The crisis of the thirties. Populism.
The problem of economic development.
The creation of the Organization of American States and Latin America in the Cold War. Dictatorships, transition, democracy.

The examination is composed by two part: general part; monographic part.
General part. One of the following books:
Pompejano, D., Storia dell’America latina, Milano, Bruno Mondadori, 2012.
In alternative:
Carmagnani, M., L’altro Occidente. L’America Latina dall’invasione europea al nuovo millennio, Torino, Einaudi, 2003, or subsequent editions. In alternative:
Williamson, E., The Penguin History of Latin America, London, Penguin Books, 2010. Or:
Malamud, C., Historia de América, Madrid, Alianza editorial, 2010.

Monographic part. One of the following books:
-Guarnieri Calò Carducci, L., Idolatria e identità creola. Le cronache andine tra Cinquecento e Seicento, Roma, Viella, 2007.
-Guarnieri Calò Carducci, L., Il Perù nella storia e nella storiografia, Roma, Bulzoni, 2013.
-Livi Bacci, M., Conquista. La distruzione degli indios americani, Roma, Carocci, 2013.
-Klein, H., Il commercio atlantico degli schiavi, Roma, Carocci, 2014.
-Nocera, R., Stati Uniti e America latina dal 1823 a oggi, Roma, Carocci, 2009.

The formation of Latin America: the colonial era (XVI-XVII-XVIII centuries).
Spanish America, Portuguese America: the geographical environment, the populations encountered.
The stages of discovery. The stages of conquest. The consequences in Europe.
The modalities of colonization. The evangelization of the Indians, the role of religious orders.
Institutions during the Iberian domination. State and Church in America.
Economy, trade, transport. Colonial society.
The changes of the eighteenth century. Reforms and revolts.
Independence, phases and main events. Thought and action of Simón Bolívar.
The political and economic structure in the nineteenth century. The liberal order and progress.
The secularization of society. The great migrations between the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
The impact of European ideologies. The crisis of the thirties. Populism.
The problem of economic development.
The creation of the Organization of American States and Latin America in the Cold War. Dictatorships, transition, democracy.

The examination is composed by two part: general part; monographic part.
General part. One of the following books:
Pompejano, D., Storia dell’America latina, Milano, Bruno Mondadori, 2012.
In alternative:
Carmagnani, M., L’altro Occidente. L’America Latina dall’invasione europea al nuovo millennio, Torino, Einaudi, 2003 or subsequent editions. In alternative:
Williamson, E., The Penguin History of Latin America, London, Penguin Books, 2010. Or:
Malamud, C., Historia de América, Madrid, Alianza editorial, 2010.
Monographic part. One of the following books:
Guarnieri Calò Carducci, L., Idolatria e identità creola. Le cronache andine tra Cinquecento e Seicento, Roma, Viella, 2007.
-Guarnieri Calò Carducci, L., Il Perù nella storia e nella storiografia, Roma, Bulzoni, 2013.
-Livi Bacci, M., Conquista. La distruzione degli indios americani, Roma, Carocci, 2013.
-Klein, H., Il commercio atlantico degli schiavi, Roma, Carocci, 2014.
-Nocera, R., Stati Uniti e America latina dal 1823 a oggi, Roma, Carocci, 2009.