HISTORY 273: Mexican Immigration to the United States (HISTORY 373)
This course is an introduction to the history of Mexican migration to the United States. Barraged with anti-immigrant rhetoric and calls for bigger walls and more restrictive laws, few people in the United States truly understand the historical trends that shape migratory processes, or the multifaceted role played by both US officials and employers in encouraging Mexicans to migrate north. Moreover, few have actually heard the voices and perspectives of migrants themselves. This course seeks to provide students with the opportunity to place migrants' experiences in dialogue with migratory laws as well as the knowledge to embed current understandings of Latin American migration in their meaningful historical context.
Last offered: Spring 2023
HISTORY 273D: Caudillos and Dictators from BolĂvar to Bolsonaro: Modern South America
Latin American history provides key insight into the origins and resurgence of authoritarianism as well as various forms of political and social resistance. Consequently, this course surveys the major social, economic, political, and cultural trends that shaped modern South American history. We will examine the nation-states forged in the aftermath of early-nineteenth-century independence movements, their diverse peoples, and how their development was shaped by US imperialism and intervention. We will analyze the following themes: liberalism vs. conservatism; modernization and neocolonialism ('order and progress'); the rise of nationalism and populism; industrialization and the environment; (im)migration and urbanization; and neoliberal reform. Special emphasis is placed on racial and gender inequality and the struggle for both national and individual self-determination.
Last offered: Autumn 2021
| UG Reqs: WAY-EDP, WAY-SI
HISTORY 273E: Revolution and Intervention in Central America and the Caribbean
This course examines key instances of revolution, reaction, and intervention in select Central American and Caribbean nations during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Students will explore how various forms of imperialism/neocolonialism intensified class, racial, ethnic, and gender inequalities that produced poverty, dictatorship, and armed uprisings in these culturally diverse regions of the Americas. Through primary and secondary sources, film, music, media, popular art and literature students will gain insight into the political, social, and economic trends that made Central America and the Caribbean epicenters of social struggle as well as home to the Western Hemisphere's poorest countries.
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