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HIST 208: Decolonizing Colonial Latin American and Caribbean History (HC)

History 208: Decolonizing Colonial Latin American and Caribbean History (Krippner) Spring 2024

Art as Primary Sources

       An Auto da Fe in the Town of San Bartolomé Otzolotepec, 18th century, Museo Nacional de Arte (Source: Wikimedia Commons, public domain)

Introduction

This guide focuses on the topics in your course and outlines resources and strategies for finding more information.  Use the searches and linked examples as jumping off points for exploration.

The Background Information page will help in developing your research question and understanding the broader context for your final paper.  Journal Articles and Books pages will give you material for historical analyses.  The Textual and Visual Sources pages provide direct information from specific time periods.  Using visual mages can often give new information, not otherwise available, about intended audiences and associated social and cultural meanings.