Americas

 

Courses and research in the Department examine political, economic and security issues in the Western Hemisphere with specific emphasis on the role of the United States. Most courses tend to focus on the 20th and early 21st centuries with an emphasis on the Cold War era. Indeed, a persistent theme in much of the teaching is the so-called ‘American century’ and the United States’ interaction – cultural, economic, ideological, political and military – with the rest of the world. But much emphasis is also paid to the interaction between domestic and foreign policies in attempting to place the historical evolution of the Americas – north and south – in their proper international context.

• The Rise and Fall of the Monroe Doctrine: the History of North-South Relations in the Western Hemisphere - J. Hanhimaki
• Transatlantic Relations since 1945 - J. Hanhimaki
• America and the World until 1945 - J. Hanhimaki
• America and the World since 1945 - J. Hanhimaki
• Amérique latine : une histoire environnementale - M. Hufty
• The Economic History of Latin America - R. Salvatore - Spring 2012 ONLY
  

• The Vietnam Wars - J. Hanhimaki
• The Cold War World: An International History - J. Hanhimaki
• Evolution of the International System - J. Hanhimaki
• The League of Nations and the United Nations: A Parallel History - J. Hanhimaki & D. Rodogno
• The United States and China - L. Xiang
• The United States and East Asia - L. Xiang
• The United States and China since 1945 - L. Xiang
• Empires and Slavery in the Making of the Modern World Economy - G. Austin
• The Spread of Industrialisation in Asia, Africa and Latin America - G. Austin

Currently a dozen professors across the various disciplinary departments and interdisciplinary centres at the Graduate Institute are experts on one or another aspect of the Americas.  See a complete listing here.