HIST 6000 Colonization, Society, and Culture of the Spanish Antilles, 16th - 18th Centuries
Analysis of colonial life comparing Cuba, Hispaniola and Puerto Rico from the beginning of Spanish colonization. The study will be placed in the context of the political, administrative, and institutional organization of the Spanish Empire. This course examines, from a critical point of view, the settlement and distribution of the Spanish territories in the 16th - 18th centuries. The study will focus on Puerto Rico but will make comparisons with the other Antilles.