Unit information: An Introduction to Portuguese and Brazilian History in 2009/10

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Unit name An Introduction to Portuguese and Brazilian History
Unit code HISP10304
Credit points 10
Level of study C/4
Teaching block(s) Teaching Block 1 (weeks 1 - 12)
Unit director Emeritus Professor. Brookshaw
Open unit status Not open
Pre-requisites

None
Co-requisites

None
School/department Department of Hispanic, Portuguese and Latin American Studies
Faculty Faculty of Arts, Law and Social Sciences

Description including Unit Aims

A course of lectures and seminars focussing on the history of Portugal from its birth as a nation state, through its imperial experience in Asia, Brazil and Africa.

Assessment Information

1500 word Essay 70%, Exam30%.

Reading and References

Marion Kaplan, The Portuguese: The Land and Its People (London: Penguin, 1991).

David Birmingham, A Concise History of Portugal (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2003).

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