HISTORY 388 - Borderlands in the Spanish World

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Reed College

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Full course for one semester. The term "borderlands" usually describes the southern frontier of Anglo-America and the northern frontier of Mexico-a crossroads for indigenous and European cultures. This course seeks a broader understanding of Spain's many borderlands, taking into account colonial experience in North America, South America, and Asia. We will study Spain's encounters with Comanches and Apaches, but also with Mapuches and Filipinos. Chile's Bío-Bío river was the dividing line between Spanish colonial governance and the lands of the Mapuche-a place of violence but also of cultural and economic exchange. The Philippines was a frontier for Spain and later for the United States-a vast archipelago whose complex population included Chinese merchants, Muslim princes, farmers, fishermen, and small bands of hunter-gatherers. We will consider these and other "borderlands" raising comparative questions about war, trade, and colonization on the unstable periphery of empire. Conference. Not offere

Credits:

3.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.reed.edu

Phone Number:

(503) 771-1112

Regional Accreditation:

Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities

Calendar System:

Semester

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