Students enrolled in this class were: Carol O. Carrillo, Jonathan M. Davis, Owen G. Haaga, Joel A. Hart, Laura E. Montague, and Adam G. Pugh.

This course reflects part of a very fast growing new field, consisted of readings and discussion of issues, theme, and problems germane to Inter-American Studies. Part of the course dealt with the theoretical and methodological issues involved in seeking to compare and contrast the literature of North, Central, and South America. Recurring themes were race relations, the importance of Native American traditions, attitudes and political influence that tie the Americas together, and question relating to identity, in all its multiform New World Aspects.