Nation States
These are the slides for the final session in the course. There are many slides of the US-Mexico Border - it is a long line!
Issues covered:
Nations as Imagined Communities
Failed independence in Brazil (inconfidenca mineira)
State building in Colombia, Central America and Bolivia
Who were the Spanish Americans? Legibility, creoles, castes and the State
State formation out of war making
A line in the sand and the US-Mexico border
Georeferrencing death locations and historical ethnic identities