http://www.inform.umd.eduSpring03/HIST471
| Spring 2003 |
TuTh 2:00pm- 3:15pm |
F. S. Key 0116 |
Description & Organization | Requirements | Readings | Grading | Academic Integrity | Schedule
Prof. Daryle Williams
Department of History
2106 Tawes Fine Arts Hall
(301) 405-7856
daryle@umd.edu
http://www.history.umd.edu/Faculty/DWilliams
Office Hours:
Tuesdays 11:30-1:30 and by appointment
This course examines the history of Brazil from the arrival of the Portuguese Court in 1808 through the consolidation of democratic rule in the mid-1980s. Our primary focus will be the historical development of the Brazilian nation-state and a Brazilian "national" culture.
Recurrent themes include political organization and participation, liberalism, economic growth and development, nationalism, authoritarianism and redemocratization, slavery and emancipation, social organization and stratification, cultural production, race relations, gender politics, and regionalism. Throughout the course, our goal is to make the connections between political economy, political culture, and identity politics to formulate historically-sensitive interpretations of modern Brazilian culture and society.
The course meets twice a week for seventy-five minutes. Each meeting will be divided between lectures, multimedia presentations, and discussion.
A pass/fail MAP QUIZ will be given in class on Tuesday, February 4, 2003. Seven or more correct identifications (out of a possible ten) will be considered a pass. If you do not pass on the first attempt, you will be able to retake the quiz twice. For more details, see the Map Quiz Study Sheet.
Two PRIMARY SOURCE CRITIQUES will be assigned during the semester, one before the break and one after. Each critique will require a five-to-six page analysis of an assigned primary text that explains key historical references, defines keywords, and, most importantly, locates the assigned document in its proper historical and historiographic contexts. Complete instructions will be provided in the Primary Source Critique Guide.
A TAKE HOME MIDTERM will be distributed on Tuesday, March 18, and be due at the beginning of lecture on Tuesday, April 1. The open note, open-book take-home exam will be based upon the readings assigned during the first half of the semester.
A two-hour FINAL EXAMINATION will be given on Tuesday, May 20, 10:30am-12:30pm, in the normal lecture room. The final will be cumulative in scope. Study questions will be distributed prior to the exam.
The following reading assignments are mandatory.
Assigned books with be available through the Reserve Room at McKeldin Library and for purchase at the University Book Center and Maryland Book Exchange as well as through online and brick-and-mortar booksellers.
Journal articles will be available electronically, though JSTOR and EBSCO.
NOTE: Full-text journal articles indexed in JSTOR and EBSCO contain be freely accessed, read, and downloaded from the database section of the University Libraries homepage <http://www.lib.umd.edu/cgi-bin/databases.cgi>. Access to these databases will be automatically authorized from any computer linked to the internet via a Maryland IP address (on campus or dial-up). If you access the University Library's webpage via an ISP other than the University of Maryland (e.g., AOL, Verizon, Earthlink, business and government internet connections), you will need to use MdUSA OR you will need to download special software to mimic a Maryland IP address. For additional information on remote access, consult the Off-Campus Access to Library Resources Guide.
Beattie, Peter M., "The House, the Street, and the Barracks: Reform and Honorable Masculine Social Space in Brazil, 1864-1945," Hispanic American Historical Review, 76:3 (Aug 96), pp. 439-473. [JSTOR]
Besse, Susan K. "Crimes of Passion: The Campaign Against Wife-Killing in Brazil, 1910-1940," Journal of Social History, 22:4 (Summer 89): 653-666. [EBSCOhost URL]
Caulfield, Sueann, "Getting Into Trouble: Dishonest Women, Modern Girls, and Women-Men in the Conceptual Language of A Vida Policial, 1925-1927," Signs: Journal of Women in Culture & Society, 19:1 (Autumn 93), 146-176. [EBSCOhost] NOW OPTIONAL
Catholic Church. Archdiocese of São Paulo (Brazil). Torture In Brazil: A Shocking Report on the Pervasive Use off Torture By Brazilian Military Governments, 1964-1979. Jaime Wright, ed. Austin: University of Texas Press, 1998.
Costa, Emilía Viotti da. The Brazilian Empire: Myths and Histories. Revised Edition. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2000.
Drescher, Seymour. "Brazilian Abolition in Comparative Perspective," Hispanic American Historical Review, 68:3. (Aug. 1988), pp. 429-460. [JSTOR]
French, John D., "Industrial Workers and the Birth of the Populist Republic in Brazil, 1945-1946," Latin American Perspectives, 16: 4 (Autumn, 1989), 5-27. [J-STOR]
Garfield, Seth, "'The Roots of a Plant That Today Is Brazil': Indians and the Nation-State under the Brazilian Estado Novo," Journal of Latin American Studies, 29:3 (Oct., 1997), 747-768. [J-STOR]
Kraay, Hendrik, "'As Terrifying as Unexpected': The Bahian Sabinada, 1837-1838," Hispanic American Historical Review, 72: 4. (Nov. 1992), pp. 501-527. [JSTOR]
Holston, James. The Modernist City: An Anthropological Critique of Brasília. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1989.
Levine, Robert M. "Father of the Poor?": Vargas and His Era. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1998.
Levine, Robert M., "Mud Hut Jerusalem: Canudos Revisited," Hispanic American Historical Review, 68:3. (Aug. 1988), pp. 525-572. [JSTOR]
McCann, Bryan, "Black Pau: Uncovering the History of Brazilian Soul," Journal of Popular Music Studies, 14:1 (Spring 2002) [Download as PDF]
Needell, Jeffrey, "The Revolta Contra Vacina of 1904: The Revolt Against 'Modernization' in Belle-Époque Rio de Janeiro," Hispanic American Historical Review, 67:2 (May 1987), pp. 233-269. [JSTOR]
Santos, Jocélio Teles dos. "A Mixed-Race Nation: Afro-Brazilians and Cultural Policy in Bahia, 1970-1990," in Hendrik Kraay (ed.), Afro-Brazilian Culture and Politics: Bahia, 1790s to 1990s. Armounk, NY: M.E. Sharpe, 1998, pp. 117-133.
Schultz, Kirsten. Tropical Versailles: Empire, Monarchy, and the Portuguese Royal Court in Rio de Janeiro, 1808-1821. New York: Routledge, 2001.
Skidmore, Thomas E. Black Into White: Race and Nationality in Brazilian Thought. Durham: Duke University Press, 1983.
Skidmore, Thomas E. Brazil: Five Centuries of Change. New York: Oxford University Press, 1999.
Williams, Daryle and Barbara Weinstein, "Vargas Morto: The Death and Life of a Brazilian Statesman," Under consideration at University of New Mexico. [Downlad PDF Version]
FAIR WARNING: The reading
load for this course is typical for a 400-level history course. Students unaccustomed
to assigned weekly reading that may exceed 150 pages, or if you are wholly
unfamiliar with the concepts of historiographic debate, you should carefully
consider whether this course is appropriate.
Final grades will be determined by the following formula:
| 5% |
Map Quiz |
| 30% |
Primary Source Critiques (15% each) |
| 25% |
Take Home Midterm |
| 20% |
Final Examination |
| 20% |
Participation* |
Late work will not be accepted without prior consent. With the exception of legitimate excuses, late papers may be penalized up to one full grade for every day late.
*It is impossible to participate if you do not regularly attend class. Therefore, excessive absences will result in a failing grade for the discussion section component of your final grade, which will have a serious negative impact on your final grade. Regular attendance and active participation, conversely, will work in your favor should your final grade fall on a borderline.
Statement of Academic Integrity
The Code of Academic Integrity guides this and all other courses taught at the University of Maryland. Violations of the Code may result in a failing grade and/or referral to a University disciplinary committee.
Should you have ANY questions or doubts about Academic Integrity, including questions of citation and attribution, you should consult your professor, the Student Honor Council, and/or the Code of Academic Integrity.
The Honor Pledge
Under the provisions of the resolution adopted by the University Senate on April 9, 2001, and approved by President Mote on May 10, 2001, all students will be asked to write by hand and sign the following pledge on all written assignments and examinations, unless otherwise instructed:
"I pledge on my honor that I have not given or received any unauthorized assistance on this assignment/examination."
For additional information on the Student Honor Pledge, visit http://www.umd.edu/honorpledge.
| Week I |
Introduction |
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| Tues, Jan 28 |
Course Overview |
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| Thurs, Jan 30 |
Colonial Background |
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| Readings |
Skidmore,
Brazil, pp. xii-27 |
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| Week II |
From Colony to Co-Kingdom |
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| Tues, Feb 4 |
The Transfer of the Portuguese Court |
MAP QUIZ |
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| Thurs, Feb 6 |
The Braganças in America |
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| Reading |
Schultz, Tropical Versailles, pp. 67-234 |
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| Week III |
The Era of Independence |
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| Tues, Feb 11 |
Independence |
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| Thurs, Feb 13 |
The First Empire |
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| Readings |
Skidmore,
Brazil, pp. 29-64 |
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| Week IV |
The Liberal Empire |
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| Tues, Feb 18 |
Elite Liberalism |
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| Thurs, Feb 20 |
Popular Liberalism |
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| Readings |
Kraay,
"'As Terrifying as Unexpected'" [JSTOR] |
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| Week V |
Slavery and Empire |
Primary Source Critique Due |
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| Tues, Feb 25 |
The Slave Economy |
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| Thurs, Feb 27 |
The Destruction of Slavery |
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| Reading |
Drescher,
"Brazilian Abolition in Comparative Perspective" [JSTOR] |
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| Week VI |
The First Republic |
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| Tues, Mar 4 |
The Fall of the Monarchy |
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| Thurs, Mar 6 |
The Export Economy |
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| Readings |
Viotti
da Costa, The Brazilian Empire, pp. 202-246 |
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| Week VII |
The Republic and Its Discontents I |
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| Tues, Mar 11 |
The Belle Époque |
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| Thurs, Mar 13 |
The War of Canudos |
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| Readings |
Levine,
"Mud Hut Jerusalem: Canudos Revisited" [JSTOR] |
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| Week VIII |
The Republic and Its Discontents II |
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| Tues, Mar 18 |
The Problem of Honor |
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| Thurs, Mar 20 |
1922 |
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| Readings |
Beattie,
"The House, the Street, and the Barracks" [JSTOR] |
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| Week IX |
SPRING BREAK |
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| March 24-28 |
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| Week X |
The Vargas Era I |
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| Tues, Apr 1 |
The "Revolution" of 1930 |
MIDTERM DUE |
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| Thurs, Apr 3 |
The Estado Novo |
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| Readings |
Levine,
Father of the Poor?, pp. 1-75 |
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| Week XI |
The Vargas Era II |
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| Tues, Apr 8 |
Brazil for Export |
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| Thurs, Apr 10 |
The Politics of Populism |
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| Readings |
French,
"Industrial Workers and the Birth of the Populist Republic in Brazil"
[J-STOR] |
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| Week XII |
Race and Racial Ideologies |
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| Tues, Apr 15 |
From Whitening to Racial Democracy |
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| Thurs, Apr 17 |
Racial Democracy as a Lived Phenomenon |
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| Readings |
Skidmore, Black Into White, pp. 38-69, 124-218 |
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| Week XIII |
The Golden Years |
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| Tues, Apr 22 |
JK and the Cult of Modernity |
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| Thurs, Apr 24 |
Modernity's Discontents |
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| Readings |
Holston, The Modernist City, pp. 31-98 and 199-248 |
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| Week XIIV |
Military Rule I |
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| Tues, Apr 29 |
The Breakdown of Populism |
Primary Source Critique Due |
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| Thurs, May 1 |
The Brazilian "Miracle" |
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| Readings | Catholic
Church, Torture in Brazil, 39-74 |
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| Week XV |
Military Rule II |
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| Tues, May 6 |
Cultural Countercurrents |
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| Thurs, May 8 |
The Politics of Terror |
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| Readings |
Catholic
Church, Torture in Brazil, Preface, 1-9, 75-138 |
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| Week XVI |
Final Considerations |
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| Tues, May 13 |
(Re?)Democratization |
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| Readings |
Skidmore, Brazil, pp. 189-238 |
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| Tues,
May 20 |
FINAL EXAMINATION |
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