History of Latin America
Who Conquered Whom?
Lecture outline
Oudijk&Restall (ENG) or
"Los mitos de la conquista" (ESP)
Map Quiz in class Tuesday
from Duncan Green, Faces of Latin America (London: Latin America Bureau, 1991)
The city of Tenochtitlan in central Mexico was an engineering marvel.
There are lots of social conflicts surrounding mining exploration (and dam construction, and wind farms) these days. Anti-mining activist Lolita Chávez from Guatemala spoke at Marquette a few years back.
Silver and the famous Cerro Rico of Potosí
Tin in Peru and Bolivia.
The allure of lithium mining in Bolivia.
Gold in Minas Gerais, Brazil. and the work of Sebastião Salgado