SRJC Course Outlines

3/28/2024 3:33:06 AMHIST 33 Course Outline as of Fall 2003

Changed Course
CATALOG INFORMATION

Discipline and Nbr:  HIST 33Title:  HISTORY OF MEXICO  
Full Title:  History of Mexico
Last Reviewed:3/9/2020

UnitsCourse Hours per Week Nbr of WeeksCourse Hours Total
Maximum3.00Lecture Scheduled3.0017.5 max.Lecture Scheduled52.50
Minimum3.00Lab Scheduled06 min.Lab Scheduled0
 Contact DHR0 Contact DHR0
 Contact Total3.00 Contact Total52.50
 
 Non-contact DHR0 Non-contact DHR Total0

 Total Out of Class Hours:  105.00Total Student Learning Hours: 157.50 

Title 5 Category:  AA Degree Applicable
Grading:  Grade or P/NP
Repeatability:  00 - Two Repeats if Grade was D, F, NC, or NP
Also Listed As: 
Formerly: 

Catalog Description:
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Study of Mexican social, political and economic history from the pre- Columbian era to the present.

Prerequisites/Corequisites:


Recommended Preparation:

Limits on Enrollment:

Schedule of Classes Information
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Study of Mexican social, poliltical and economic history from the pre- Columbian era to the present.
(Grade or P/NP)

Prerequisites:
Recommended:
Limits on Enrollment:
Transfer Credit:CSU;UC.
Repeatability:00 - Two Repeats if Grade was D, F, NC, or NP

ARTICULATION, MAJOR, and CERTIFICATION INFORMATION

Associate Degree:Effective:Fall 1981
Inactive: 
 Area:D
Social and Behavioral Sciences
 
CSU GE:Transfer Area Effective:Inactive:
 DSocial ScienceFall 1996
 D6History  
 
IGETC:Transfer Area Effective:Inactive:
 4Social and Behavioral ScienceFall 1996
 4FHistory  
 
CSU Transfer:TransferableEffective:Fall 1981Inactive:
 
UC Transfer:TransferableEffective:Fall 1981Inactive:
 
C-ID:

Certificate/Major Applicable: Major Applicable Course



COURSE CONTENT

Outcomes and Objectives:
At the conclusion of this course, the student should be able to:
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Upon completion of the course, the student will be able to:
1.  Relate lecture materials, audio-visual presentations and textual
   readings into a coherent base for time study of (Mexican) history.
2.  Distinguish between dogma and history, which is the analysis of a
   series of interpreted events.
3.  Demonstrate critical thinking and analytical skills in a series
   of objective tests, written examinations and critical papers
   that probe Mexico's past.
4.  Apply historical learning to in-class discussions of past
   controversies and contemporary concerns.
5.  Integrate geographic knowledge with historical study--the study
   of human interaction transcends both space and time.
6.  Identify and employ atypical and non-traditional pedagogy, to
   include lecture and textual source materials, such as literature,
   fiction, music, audio-visual and/or cinema and sport to study
   Mexican society and culture.
7.  Examine the contributions of traditional societies, women,
   racial and ethnic groupings and other non-traditional groups
   so as to formulate a working knowledge of Mexican ideals and
   institutions.
8.  Question own values and popular myths, as well as conventional
   historical analysis.
9.  Synthesize the ideas of past and current historians and (from
   this synthesis) develop own means of addressing fundamental
   historical inquiry as to causation and consequence.
10. Debate the claim that the heritage and institutions of Mexico
   are, to some degree, unique and therefore underdeveloped, vis-a-vis
   the United States, and explore the causational rationale that
    underwrites this alleged uniqueness.
11. Conclude that informational and interpretive knowledge of our
    neighbor's history can be pragmatically employed in everyday
    life as an individual and as a citizen.

Topics and Scope
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1.  Pre-Colombian Mexico
   A.  The First Mexicans
   B.  Mexico's Golden Age:  The Classical Period
   C.  Times of Trouble:  Post-Classic Mexico
   D.  The Rise of the Barbarians
   E.  Aztec Society and Culture
2.  The Spanish Conquerers
   A.  The Spanish Invasion
   B.  The Fall of Tenochititlan
   C.  The Settlement of New Spain
3.  The Colony of New Spain
   A.  The Imperial System Entrenched
   B.  The Colonial Economy
   C.  The Colonial Church
   D.  Colonial Society:  Race and Social Status
   E.  Culture and Daily Life in New Spain
4.  Reform and Reaction:  The Move to Independence
   A.  The Bourbons Restructure New Spain
   B.  Society and Stress in the Late Colonial Period
   C.  The Wars for Independence
   D.  The First Mexican Empire
5.  The Trials of Nationhood, 1824-55.
   A.  The Early Mexican Republic, 1824-33
   B.  Santa Ana and the Centralized State
   C.  The Loss of Texas and the War with the United States
   D.  Society and Culture in the First Half of the Nineteenth
       Century
6.  Liberals and Conservatives Search for an Operative System
    of Government
    A.  From Ayutla to the Reform
    B.  The French Intervention
    C.  The Restored Republic, 1867-76; Nascent Modernization
    D.  Society and Culture in the Middle of the Nineteenth
        Century
7.   The Modernization of Mexico, 1876-1910
    A.  The Making of the Porfiriato
    B.  The Process of Modernization
    C.  The Costs of Modernization
    D.  Society and Culture During the Porfiriato
8.   The Revolution:  The Military Phase, 1910-20
    A.  The Liberal Indictment
    B.  The Overthrow of Diaz
    C.  Madero and the Failure of Democracy
    D.  Huerta and the Failure of Dictatorship
    E.  The Illusionary Quest for a Better Way
    F.  Society and Culture During the Age of Violence
9.   The Revolution:  The Constructive Phase, 1920-40
    A.  Alvaro Obregon Cautiously Implements the Constitution
    B.  Mexico Under Plutaro Calles
    C.  Cardenas Carries the Revolution to the Left
    D.  Society and Culture From Obregon to Cardenas
10.  Institutionalizing the Revolution 1940- to 1994
    A.  From Revolution to Evolution
    B.  The Institutionalized Revolution:  1946-1958
    C.  Adolfo Lopez Mateos:  The Lull Before the Storm, 1958-1964
    D.  Mexico- 1964-1994:  The Tensions of Development
    E.  The Growing Illegal Drug Trade and Its Effects-1960-2002
    F.  The Effects of Globalization
11.  Dismantling the Revolution-1994 to 2002
    A.  Chiapas-Revolt of the Zapatistas
    B.  The Growing Illegal Drug Trade and Its Effects-1994 to 2002
    C.  The Effects of Globalization-1994 to 2002
    D.  Election of Vincent Fox and Defeat of the PRI

Assignments:
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1.  Regular attendance and extensive notetaking in class is
   expected and assumed.
2.  Read and study appropriate chapters in text and anthologies.
3.  Students will write analytical, expository, or research essays, which
   will show topics covered and critical comparision.
4.  Participate in discussions as directed by the instructor.
5.  Prepare for scheduled quizzes.
6.  Prepare for extensive in-class mid-terms and final examinations.

Methods of Evaluation/Basis of Grade.
Writing: Assessment tools that demonstrate writing skill and/or require students to select, organize and explain ideas in writing.Writing
30 - 50%
Written homework, Reading reports, Analytical, expository, or research papers.
Problem solving: Assessment tools, other than exams, that demonstrate competence in computational or non-computational problem solving skills.Problem Solving
0 - 0%
None
Skill Demonstrations: All skill-based and physical demonstrations used for assessment purposes including skill performance exams.Skill Demonstrations
10 - 30%
Written and/or oratory skills
Exams: All forms of formal testing, other than skill performance exams.Exams
10 - 60%
Multiple choice, Essay Exams
Other: Includes any assessment tools that do not logically fit into the above categories.Other Category
0 - 10%
Attendance and Participation


Representative Textbooks and Materials:
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Beezley, William, Cheryl Martin, and William French, eds. RITUALS OF RULE,
  RITUALS OF RESISTANCE:  PUBLIC CELEBRATIONS AND POPULAR CULTURE IN
  MEXICO. Wilmington, DL:  Scholarly Resources Books, 1994.
Erfani, Julie. THE PARADOX OF THE MEXICAN STATE:  REREADING SOVEREIGNTY
  FROM INDEPENDENCE TO NAFTA.  Boulder, CO:  Lynee Richer Publishers,
  1995.
Guy, Donna, and Thomas Sheridan, eds. CONTESTED GROUND:  COMPARATIVE
  FRONTIERS ON THE NORTHERN AND SOUTHERN EDGES OF THE SPANISH EMPIRE:
  Tuscon, AZ:  Univer. of Arizona Press, 1998.
Kandell, Jonathan. LA CAPITAL:  THE BIOGRAPHY OF MEXICO CITY. New York:
  Holt, 1988.
Klein, Kerwin. FRONTIERS OF HISTORICAL IMAGINATION:  NARRATING THE
  EUROPEAN CONQUEST OF NATIVE AMERICA, 1890-1990. Berkeley, CA:
  University of California Press, 1999.
Knight, Alan. "The Peculiarities of Mexican History:  Mexico Compared
  to Latin America, 1821-1922." JOURNAL OF LATIN AMERICAN STUDIES,
  Quincentenary Supplement (1992):  99-144.
Krauze, Enrique. MEXICO BIOGRAPHY OF POWER:  A HISTORY OF MODERN MEXICO,
  1810-1996. New York: Harper, 1997.
Martinez-Alier, Joan.  "Ecology and the Poor:  A Neglected Dimension of
  Latin American History." JOURNAL OF LATIN AMERICAN STUDIES 23
  (October 1991) 621-639.
Meyers, Michael, William Sherman, and Susan Deeds.  THE COURSE OF MEXICAN
  HISTORY 6th ed., New York:  Oxford University Press, 1999.
Meyers, Michael and William Beezley, eds. THE OXFORD HISTORY OF MEXICO.
  New York:  Oxford University Press, 2000.
Rubenstein, Anne. BAD LANGUAGE NAKED LADIES, AND OTHER THREATS TO THE
  NATION:  A POLITICAL HISTORY OF COMIC BOOKS IN MEXICO, Durham, NC:
  Duke University Press, 1998.
Ruiz, Ramon.  TRIUMPHS AND TRAGEDY:  A HISTORY OF THE MEXICAN PEOPLE.
  New York:  Norton, 1992.
Stern, Steve. "Paradigms of Conquest:  History, Historiography, and
  Politics". JOURNAL OF LATIN AMERICAN STUDIES  Quincentenary
  Supplement (1992): 1-34.

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