Latin American History

Explain and discuss the long-term historical importance and consequences of colonial agro-export economies in the modern labor regimes, social relations, politics and understandings of the place of Latin America in the world economy2. Explain and discuss the differences between the visions of a modern national community espoused by late 19th – early 20th century elite intellectuals and politicians from the alternative visions formulated by oppositional writers, activists and intellectuals in the early 20th century.