33000 Seminar

SoSe 17: The Poverty of Progress: An Economic History of Latin America

Christian Ambrosius Michael Goebel

Information for students

Seminarsprache: Englisch. Prüfungsleistung für Studierende des M.A. Interdisziplinäre Lateinamerikastudien: Klausur (90 Minuten)

Comments

Why is Latin America still poor? Although we will not find a conclusive answer to this question, it will guide us through the seminar. Opening with the region’s colonial history in comparison to North America, we will then deal with a series of specific economic phenomena of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, such as the role of agricultural exports, of property rights and land tenure, of industrialization, and of financial institutions. In passing we will also deal with the most important ideas in the formulation of economic policies. The maximum of participants will be 30, seminar language is English (unless all students prefer German), while a basic knowledge of Spanish will be an advantage. close

Suggested reading

Victor Bulmer-Thomas, The Economic History of Latin America since Independence (Cambridge UP, 2014).

11 Class schedule

Regular appointments

Mon, 2017-04-24 12:00 - 14:00

Lecturers:
Dr. Christian Ambrosius
Univ.-Prof. Dr. Michael Goebel

Location:
K02 Seminarraum (Rüdesheimer Str. 54 / 56)

Mon, 2017-05-08 12:00 - 14:00

Lecturers:
Dr. Christian Ambrosius
Univ.-Prof. Dr. Michael Goebel

Location:
K02 Seminarraum (Rüdesheimer Str. 54 / 56)

Mon, 2017-05-15 12:00 - 14:00

Lecturers:
Dr. Christian Ambrosius
Univ.-Prof. Dr. Michael Goebel

Location:
K02 Seminarraum (Rüdesheimer Str. 54 / 56)

Mon, 2017-05-22 12:00 - 14:00

Lecturers:
Dr. Christian Ambrosius
Univ.-Prof. Dr. Michael Goebel

Location:
K02 Seminarraum (Rüdesheimer Str. 54 / 56)

Mon, 2017-05-29 12:00 - 14:00

Lecturers:
Dr. Christian Ambrosius
Univ.-Prof. Dr. Michael Goebel

Location:
K02 Seminarraum (Rüdesheimer Str. 54 / 56)

Mon, 2017-06-12 12:00 - 14:00

Lecturers:
Dr. Christian Ambrosius
Univ.-Prof. Dr. Michael Goebel

Location:
K02 Seminarraum (Rüdesheimer Str. 54 / 56)

Mon, 2017-06-19 12:00 - 14:00

Lecturers:
Dr. Christian Ambrosius
Univ.-Prof. Dr. Michael Goebel

Location:
K02 Seminarraum (Rüdesheimer Str. 54 / 56)

Mon, 2017-06-26 12:00 - 14:00

Lecturers:
Dr. Christian Ambrosius
Univ.-Prof. Dr. Michael Goebel

Location:
K02 Seminarraum (Rüdesheimer Str. 54 / 56)

Mon, 2017-07-03 12:00 - 14:00

Lecturers:
Dr. Christian Ambrosius
Univ.-Prof. Dr. Michael Goebel

Location:
K02 Seminarraum (Rüdesheimer Str. 54 / 56)

Mon, 2017-07-10 12:00 - 14:00

Lecturers:
Dr. Christian Ambrosius
Univ.-Prof. Dr. Michael Goebel

Location:
K02 Seminarraum (Rüdesheimer Str. 54 / 56)

Mon, 2017-07-17 12:00 - 14:00

Lecturers:
Dr. Christian Ambrosius
Univ.-Prof. Dr. Michael Goebel

Location:
K02 Seminarraum (Rüdesheimer Str. 54 / 56)

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