First Research Project-Perspectives on Latin America

Perspectives on Latin America

HIST 199 -- Fall 2003

Dr. A. Lauria-Santiago
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Second Research Project

Due date: Monday Oct 27 via Dropbox or email

Project goals and requirements:

Combine critically selected web-based sources with 2-3 scholarly articles and 1-2 journalistic articles.
This project: Start reading on the Argentinian economic collapse of the last couple of years. Find general readings and in conjunction with our in-class readings for the next three or four sessions, select one question about the causes OR the effects of the collapse. You can select any theme: economic, social, political...nutrition, banks, political parties, elections...anything you find interesting. I will be sending you a very general reading soon to set the context.
Start with the journalistic and web based materials to flesh out the problem or a particular segment of it and formulate a more specific question you want to examine.
Use the academic sources later in the process to further refine the question and begin to sketch out an answer.
It is critically important that you start these projects 2 weeks before they are due. Without doing this you will not be able to provide appropriate time to think, research, and discuss your work in office hours. Anything that resembles a thoughtless rush job OR uncritical and/or plagiarized borrowings from web pages or online articles will be lead to serious consequences. When in doubt or if faced with intellectual paralysis get in touch with me asap.
These papers will not only be handed in but also discussed during class time.

Hispanic American Periodicals Index (HAPI)
Firstsearch (select various of its databases or search a few of them simultaneously)
Handbook of Latin American Studies
Historical Abstracts

How to find Academic articles within edited collections (books)

For Web-based materials:

Some suggested starting points:

Peru

Peru

El Salvador

Guatemala

Mexico

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