This course aims to offer a basic set of knowledge on the history of the American continent during the Early Modern Age, since the conquest by Europeans until the processes of independence that converted most of its territory into a group of different intependent countries. The course therefore covers the Colonial period of America. Attention will be given to the social, political and economic aspects and development of the Americas, with a comparative perspective between the different Colonial empires that ruled the continent during this period.

OBJECTIVES:

- To identify the major historical processes in America during the colonial age, from 15th to 18th centuries.

- To understand the historical and historiographical value of texts and other historical documents when analized in their context of the diachronic evolution of America during the colonial age, 15th - 18th centuries.

- To ellaborate coherent and well documented discourses on questions related to the historical evolution of America during the colonial age, 15th - 18th centuries.



COMPETENCIAS:

CM: Competencias del módulo (Historia General)

M02CM01: Demostrar conocimiento suficiente y comprensión adecuada de los principales procesos y acontecimientos de la historia universal, nacional y regional, en una perspectiva diacrónica, en sus diferentes aspectos (economía, sociedad, política, cultura) y su relación con las sociedades actuales (G001).

M02CM02: Identificar los diferentes enfoques y perspectivas historiográficas que se han dado en el tiempo y su relación con la cultura de cada época histórica (G002).

M02CM03: Conocer los métodos y técnicas básicas de investigación histórica y mostrar capacidad para obtener, organizar y analizar los distintos materiales y fuentes de información (G003).

M02CM04: Ser capaz de presentar de forma oral y/o escrita, con corrección formal y la terminología apropiada, al menos un tema o problema de investigación histórica, de modo que muestre su habilidad para el uso adecuado de las fuentes históricas primarias y secundarias (G004).

Competencias de Titulación (Grado en Historia):

G001: Demostrar conocimiento suficiente y comprensión adecuada de los principales procesos y acontecimientos de la historia universal, nacional y regional, en una perspectiva diacrónica, en sus diferentes aspectos (economía, sociedad, política, cultura, etc.) y su relación con las sociedades actuales (MEC1).

G002: Identificar los diferentes enfoques y perspectivas historiográficas que se han dado en el tiempo y su relación con la cultura de cada época histórica (MEC1)

G003: Conocer los métodos y técnicas básicas de investigación histórica y mostrar capacidad para obtener, organizar y analizar los distintos materiales y fuentes de información (MEC1, MEC2, MEC5).

G004: Ser capaz de presentar de forma oral y/o escrita, con corrección formal y la terminología apropiada, al menos un tema o problema de investigación histórica, de modo que muestre su habilidad para el uso adecuado de las fuentes históricas, primarias y secundarias (MEC2 MEC4).

1st block : Discovery, Conquest and Settlement.

1. American and European precedents.

2. The “New World”: discovery and settlement; ethical and intellectual debates.

3. Government and administration of the colonial America.

4. Social and economic consequences.

2nd block: The Consolidation of the Colonial World.

5. Economy and commerce in America during the 16th -17th centuries.

6. The implementation of the new society: race mixture, castas and criollism.

7. The Church in America

8. Non-Iberian colonizations.

3rd block: The Century of Reforms.

9. America in the international politics.

10. The Bourbon reforms.

11. Regalism and Enlightment.

12. Reaction against reforms: rebellions and the growht of criollism.

The real distribution is:

M: 40 / 60

GA: 18 / 26

GCA: 2 / 4



Teachig methology will be based in a combination of lectures by the professor (or invited professors for specific topics) with practical exercises that will be developed all along the course.

• Continuous Assessment System
• Final Assessment System
• Tools and qualification percentages:
  • Written test to be taken (%): 50
  • Realization of Practical Work (exercises, cases or problems) (%): 30
  • Team projects (problem solving, project design)) (%): 20

The evaluation will be carried out through a continuous evaluation system, which includes the completion of various practices and works throughout the course (50%) and a final test (50%).



In application and development of article 12.2 of the student regulations on waivers and plagiarism, “in the case of continuous assessment, if the weight of the final test is greater than 40% of the grade of the subject, it will be enough not to present the final test for the final grade of the subject is not presented or not presented. Otherwise, if the weight of the final exam is equal to or less than 40% of the grade for the subject, the student may waive the exam within a period of at least one month before the end of the teaching period of the corresponding subject. This waiver must be submitted in writing to the faculty member responsible for the course”.



Following the protocol on academic ethics and prevention of dishonest or fraudulent practices of the UPV/EHU, if fraud, copying, plagiarism or similar activity is detected in any of the aforementioned exercises, the following will be done: Grade the exercise as a fail (0.0) and, if applicable, the request for the opening of a disciplinary file.



In any case, as stipulated in article 8.1. of the regulations governing Student Evaluation in the official undergraduate degrees of the UPV/EHU, “in any case, students will have the right to be evaluated by means of the final evaluation system, regardless of whether or not they have participated in the continuous evaluation system. For this purpose, students must submit in writing to the lecturer responsible for the subject the waiver of continuous assessment, for which they will have a period of 9 weeks”.

The guidelines of article 9 of the Evaluation Regulations of the Degree in History are also followed, which states that “students who do not pass the course in the ordinary call, regardless of the evaluation system chosen, will have the right to take the exams and evaluation activities that make up the final evaluation test of the extraordinary call”.

The evaluation of the subjects in the extraordinary call will be carried out exclusively through the final evaluation system.

The final evaluation test of the extraordinary call will consist of as many exams and evaluation activities as necessary to be able to evaluate and measure the defined learning outcomes, in a manner comparable to how they were evaluated in the ordinary call. The positive results obtained by the students during the course may be kept. In the case of having obtained negative results through the continuous evaluation carried out during the course, such results may not be kept for the extraordinary call, in which the student will be able to obtain 100% of the grade.

- Diccionarios y atlas históricos.
- Manuales de la bibliografía básica y obras de referencia disponibles en la biblioteca de la Universidad.

Basic bibliography

Amores Carredano, J. B. (koord.), Historia de América, Bartzelona, Ariel, 2006.

Céspedes del Castillo, G., América Hispánica 1492-I898, Labor, Barcelona, 1994.

Lucena Salmoral, M. (koord.), Historia de Iberoamérica, Madrid, Cátedra, 2008 (4º edición), vol. II.

Navarro García, L. (koord.), Historia de las Américas, Madrid, Alhambra, Longman, 1991, vol. II-III.

Pérez Herrero, Pedro, La América colonial (1492-1763). Política y sociedad, Madrid, Síntesis, 2002.

In-depth bibliography

Bethell, Leslie. (ed.), Historia de América Latina, Bartzelona, Crítica, 1990-1992, tomos I-IV.
Elliott, John H., Imperios del Mundo Atlántico. España y Gran Bretaña en América (1492-1830), Madrid, Taurus, 2006.
Navarro García, Luis, Hispanoamérica en el siglo XVIII, Sevilla, 2007.
Serrera Contreras, Ramón, La América de los Habsburgo (1517-1700), Sevilla, 2011.
VV.AA., Historia General de América Latina, Madrid, Trotta, vols. II, III/1, III/2 y IV, 2000-2001.
VV.AA.; Historia General de España y América, Madrid, Rialp,2001, vols. VII-XI.
Se recomendarán otros títulos al alumno durante el periodo de docencia junto con la presentación teórica de los temas.

Journals

Revista de Indias.
Anuario de Estudios Americanos
Otras revistas: http://www.aecid.es/es/servicios/bibliotecas/revistas/hispanica/

Web addresses

Instituciones americanistas
http://www.eeha.csic.es/
http://www.americanismo.es/
http://www.red-redial.net/
http://www.casadecolon.com/portal/home.cmc
http://www.cchs.csic.es
Webs de interés bibliográfico
HLAS Handbook of Latin American Studies
CIRBIC Catálogo red de Bibliotecas del CSIC
DIALNET Universidad de la Rioja
REBIUN Red de Bibliotecas Universitarias (acceso desde Biblioteca UPV/EHU)
IBEPI Índice biográfico España, Portugal e Iberoamérica (acceso desde Biblioteca UPV/EHU)
CSIC Bases de datos bibliográficas (acceso desde Biblioteca UPV/EHU)
JSTOR. Journal Archive (acceso desde la Biblioteca UPV/EHU)
Fuentes
The Early Americas Digital Archive (EADA) MITH, Maryland (EE. UU)
Ibero-American Electronic Text Series University of Wisconsin Collections (EE. UU.)
Crónicas de América ARTEHISTORIA, Junta de Castilla y León (España)