A Syllabus of Hispanic-American History

Name: A Syllabus of Hispanic-American History
Author: Pierson, William Whatley, Jr.

Pierson, William Whatley, Jr.

Latin America -- History -- Outlines, syllabi, etc.

1. Diplomatic relations of Spain and Portugal in 17th and 18th
         Centuries.

         2. The Viceroyalties:

             a. New Spain, 1534.

             b. Peru, 1542.

             c. New Granada, 1739.

             d. La Plata, 1776.

         3. Indian Wars and political insurrections.

         4. The favored and the neglected colonies.

         5. Colonial defence--military and naval.

     Readings: Keller, 316-325; Watson, _Spanish and Portuguese
     South America_; Moses, _The Spanish Dependencies in South
     America_.

=Chapter III. Settlement of Brazil and Portuguese Institutions.=

         1. The voyage of Cabral; Portuguese claims; Correia, Coelho, de
         Souza.

         2. Early settlements; attitude of Portuguese toward Brazil;
         founding of cities.

         3. Portuguese system of colonization in Brazil.

             a. The captaincies.

             b. The "desembargo do paco."

             c. Theory and practice; frequent changes in the
             administrative service.

         d. Comparison with Portuguese colonial system in the East
         Indies.

             e. The church in colonial Brazil; the _aldeias_; work of
             Anchieta, Nobrega, Vieyra.

         4. Treatment of the natives; intermarriage; regulations as to
         labor system.

         5. Importation of negro slaves, 1502; slave trade; the
         _Companhia do Grao Para_; slave codes.

         6. The Portuguese commercial system:

             a. The "India House" and the "Guinea House."

             b. Mercantilism and monopoly.

             c. Participation of the English in the Portuguese trade.

             d. Colonial products of Brazil.

         7. Beginning of Westward Movement in Brazil.

             a. Settlement of Sao Paulo.

             b. Government of the frontier; the _Paulistas_;
             _Mamelucos_.

             c. Discovery of Gold, 1693; diamonds, 1730.

         8. Society and thought in Brazil.

         9. Conflict with the French and Dutch.

         10. Relations of Brazil and Portugal.

     Required Readings: Denis, _Brazil_, 27-78; Morris, I, 214-220;
     Keller, 131-167; Watson, Vol. II, 1-26; Rio Branco, _Esquisse
     de l'Histoire du Brésil_, 105-152.

     Additional Readings: De Lannoy and Van der Linden, 11-26;
     172-181; 225-238; Merivale, _Lectures_, 47 _et seq._; Pinheiro,
     _Historia do Brazil_; Southey, _History of Brazil_; Varnhagen,
     _Historia Geral do Brazil_, Vol. I.

=Chapter IV. Geography and Resources of Hispanic America.=

         1. Geographic situation of South America.

         2. Area of states in comparison with that of the United States
         and Europe.

         3. Climate.

             a. Seasons and temperature.

             b. Rainfall.

         4. Mountain ranges; rivers; water power.

         5. Harbors.

         6. Forests; commercial value of forest products.

         7. Mineral deposits.

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