http://www.history.umd.edu/Faculty/DWilliams/Spring06/HIST471
| Spring 2006 |
Tuesdays and Thursdays |
F.S. Key 1117 |
Description & Organization | Requirements | Readings | Grading | Academic Integrity | Schedule
Prof. Daryle Williams
Department of History
2131A Francis Scott Key Hall
(301) 405-4267
daryle@umd.edu
http://www.history.umd.edu/Faculty/DWilliams
Office Hours:
By appointment only
This course examines the history of Brazil from the arrival of the Portuguese Court in 1808 through the breakdown of the authoritarian regime 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 7, 2006. 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 two additional times. 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 Each critique will require a five-to-six page analysis of an assigned primary text that explains key historical references, defines keywords, and, most importantly, locates the assigned document in its proper historical and historiographic contexts.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 14. It will be due at the beginning of lecture on Tuesday, March 28. The open note, open-book take-home exam will be based upon the readings assigned during the first half of the semester. See link to Midterm.
A two-hour FINAL EXAMINATION will be given on Monday, May 15, 8:00am-10:00pm, 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 as well as through online and brick-and-mortar booksellers.
Full-text journal articles are available through the University Library's portal ResearchPort. Access to ResearchPort is automatically authenticated from any computer linked to the internet via a Maryland IP address (on campus, dial-up, or VPN). If you access ResearchPort via an ISP other than the University of Maryland, you must log in, using your library barcode.
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 (August 1996): 439-473. [JSTOR]
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 (August 1988): 429-460. [JSTOR]
Deutsch, Sandra McGee. "Christians, Homemakers, and Transgressors: Extreme Right-Wing Women in Twentieth-Century Brazil," Journal of Women's History 16:3 (2004): 124-137. [See Project Muse in ResearchPort]
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. [JSTOR]
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 (October 1997): 747-768. [JSTOR]
Graham, Sandra Lauderdale,Caetana Says No: Women's Stories from a Brazilian Slave Society. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2002.
Green, James. N., Green, "Clerics, Exiles, and Academics: Opposition to the Brazilian Military Dictatorship in the United States, 1969–1974" [PDF]
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) repinted in Rockin' Las Americas: The Global Politics of Rock in Latin/O America. Deborah Pacini Hernandez et al. eds. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 2004.
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]
Pereira, Anthony W., "The Dialectics of the Brazilian Military Regime's Political Trials," Luso-Brazilian Review 41:2 (2004): 162-183. [EBSCO]
Reis, João, Slave Rebellion in Brazil: Muslim Uprising of 1835 in Bahia. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1995.
Schultz, Kirsten,Tropical Versailles: Empire, Monarchy, and the Portuguese Royal Court in Rio de Janeiro, 1808-1821. New York: Routledge, 2001.
Serbin, Kenneth P., Secret Dialogues: Church-State Relations, Torture, and Social Justice in Authoritarian Brazil. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 2000.
Skidmore, Thomas E., Brazil: Five Centuries of Change. New York: Oxford University Press, 1999.
Vianna, Hermano. The Mystery of Samba: Popular Music and National Identity in Brazil. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1999.
Weinstein, Barbara, For Social Peace in Brazil: Industrialists and the Remaking of the Working Class in São Paulo, 1920-1964. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1997.
Williams, Daryle and Barbara Weinstein, "Vargas Morto: The Death and Life of a Brazilian Statesman," in Death, Dismemberment, and Memory: Body Politics In Latin America. Lyman L. Johnson, ed. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 2005, 273-316.
Williams, Daryle, "Vicente Racioppi: The Local Preservationist and the National State" in The Human Tradition in Brazil. Peter M. Beattie, ed Wilmington, DE: Scholarly Resources, 2003.
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 come to the class unfamiliar with the historian's concepts of historiography, historicity, and primary vs. secondary sources, should carefully consider whether this course is an appropriate choice.
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 |
||||
| Thurs, Jan 26 |
Course Overview |
||||
| Readings |
Skidmore,
Brazil, pp. xii-27 |
||||
| Week II |
From Colony to Co-Kingdom |
||||
| Tues, Jan 31 |
Colonial Background |
||||
| Thurs, Feb 2 |
The Transfer of the Portuguese Court |
||||
| Readings |
Schultz, Tropical Versailles, pp. 67-234 |
||||
| Week III |
The Era of Independence |
||||
| Tues, Feb 7 |
IThe Braganças in America |
||||
| Thurs, Feb 9 |
NO CLASS |
||||
| Readings |
Skidmore,
Brazil, pp. 29-64 |
||||
| Week IV |
The Liberal Empire |
||||
| Tues, Feb 14 | NO CLASS | ||||
| Thurs Feb 16 | Guest Lecture: Dr. Kirsten Schultz | ||||
| Reading | Schultz, Tropical Versailles, pp. 235-281 |
||||
| Week V | The Brazilian Empire Through 1850 | ||||
| Tues, Feb 21 |
Independence |
||||
| Thurs, Feb 23 |
The Contested Meanings of Liberalism |
||||
| Reading |
Viotti
da Costa, The Brazilian Empire, pp. 54-77 |
||||
| Week VI |
Brazilian Slave Society |
||||
| Tues, Feb 28 |
The Malê Revolt and the Problems of Empire |
||||
| Thurs, Mar 2 |
The Slave Economy |
||||
| Readings |
Reis, Slave Rebellion in Brazil, pp. 139-175 |
||||
| Week VII |
The Brazilian Empire 1850-1889 |
||||
| Tues, Mar 7 |
The Destruction of Slavery |
||||
| Thurs, Mar 9 |
The Fall of the Monarchy |
||||
| Readings |
Drescher, "Brazilian Abolition in Comparative Perspective" [JSTOR] |
||||
| Week VIII |
The First Republic |
||||
| Tues, Mar 14 |
The Export Boom |
||||
| Thurs, Mar 16 |
Republicanism and Its Discontents |
||||
| Readings |
Skidmore,
Brazil, 93-126 |
||||
| Week IX |
SPRING BREAK |
||||
| March 20-24 |
NO CLASS | ||||
| Week X |
Old Republic |
||||
| Tues, Mar 28 |
|
MIDTERM DUE |
|||
| Thurs, Mar 30 |
1922-1930 Art, Politics, and Society |
||||
| Readings |
Levine,
Father of the Poor? pp. 1-97 |
||||
| Week XI |
The Vargas Era I |
||||
| Tues, Apr 4 |
The "Revolution" of 1930 |
||||
| Thurs, Apr 6 |
The Estado Novo | ||||
| Readings |
Levine, Father of the Poor? pp. 97-138 |
||||
| Week XII |
The Vargas Era II |
||||
| Tues, Apr 11 |
The Cultures of Populism |
||||
| Thurs, Apr 13 |
The Vargas Legacy |
||||
| Readings |
French, "Industrial Workers and the Birth of the Populist
Republic in Brazil" [JSTOR] |
||||
| Week XIII |
The Golden Years |
||||
| Tues, Apr 18 |
JK and the Cult of Modernity |
||||
| Thurs, Apr 20 |
Modernity's Discontents |
||||
| Readings |
Skidmore,
Brazil, 127-158 |
||||
| Week XIIV |
Military Rule I |
||||
| Tues, Apr 25 | The Breakdown of Populism | ||||
| Tues, Apr 25 |
Guest Lecture: "Politics and Culture during
the Brazilian Military Dictatorship" |
||||
| Thurs, Apr 27 | "Revolutions" and Reactions, 1964-1968 | ||||
| Readings | Skidmore, Brazil, pp. 159-189 |
||||
| Week XV |
Military Rule II |
||||
| Tues, May 2 |
The Politics of Terror |
||||
| Thurs, May 4 |
The Brazilian Miracle |
||||
| Readings |
Serbin,
Secret Dialogues, First Half |
||||
| Week XVI |
Towards (Re?)Democratization |
||||
| Tues, May 9 | Countercurrents | Second Critique Due | |||
| Tues, May 11 |
New Political Movements and New Politics |
||||
| Readings |
Serbin, Secret Dialogues, Second Half |
||||
| Mon,
May 15 |
FINAL EXAMINATION |
||||