Fall 2017  |  HIST 3425 Section 001: History of Modern Mexico (35237)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Lecture
Credits:
3 Credits
Grading Basis:
Student Option
Instructor Consent:
No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
In Person Term Based
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
09/05/2017 - 12/13/2017
Mon, Wed 11:15AM - 12:30PM
UMTC, West Bank
Blegen Hall 145
Also Offered:
Course Catalog Description:
Mexico from independence to the present: struggles for land, liberty, and equality; ethnicity, gender, and class; economic growth, nationalism, and globalization; urbanization, immigration, demographic transition.
Class Description:
Recent events in Mexico?the ongoing ?Zapatista? rebellion in Mexico's southern state of Chiapas, the North American Free Trade Agreement, the election of Vicente Fox as president?signal an important shift in modern Mexico. And yet much of Mexican society and politics seem inexorably tied more to the past than to the future. In order to understand this anomaly, that is, in order to explain what we mean by ?modern? Mexico, this course will offer an in-depth analysis of 19th and 20th century Mexican history. The organization of the course assumes no prior background in Mexican history. Although we will begin most sessions with a chronological discussion of relevant changes over time, emphasis will be placed upon certain themes and trends with respect to economic, social, and cultural development and change. We will be particularly interested in the patterns of conflict and negotiation that shaped Mexico's history and emphasis will be given throughout the course to the ways in which ?everyday people? participated in and influenced the political events of their times. In addition, we will focus on important regional, class, ethnic, and gender differences and identities that have figured prominently in Mexico's history, and to the politics of writing, telling, and sharing historical narratives. The course will rely on lectures, discussions, and films. We will read extensively in historical studies, primary documents, and Mexican literature.
Class Format:
60% Lecture
5% Film/Video
15% Discussion
10% Small Group Activities
Workload:
75 Pages Reading Per Week
12 Pages Writing Per Term
2 Exam(s)
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/35237/1179
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
17 April 2008

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