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HIST 317: Religion, Power and Politics in Latin America and the Caribbean (HC)

History 317: Religion, Power and Politics in Latin America and the Caribbean (Krippner) Spring 2024

Honoring the Memory of Archbishop Oscar Romero

  Memorial depicting mourners, Archbishop Oscar Romero and the U.S. missionaries murdered in El Salvador in 1980, San Salvador, photographed in 2007 (Source: Wikimedia Commons, Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license)

Introduction

This guide focuses on the topics in your course and outlines research strategies and resources for your final project.  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 specific topic.  The Journal Articles and Finding Books pages will give you material for cultural and historical analyses.  The Textual Sources and Visual Sources pages provide more direct information about people's viewpoints from historical time periods.