12/21/2024 6:56:24 AM	HIST 33 Course Outline as of Fall 2008	Changed Course
CATALOG INFORMATION
Discipline and Nbr:  HIST 33	Title:  HISTORY OF MEXICO
Full Title:  History of Mexico
Last Reviewed:3/9/2020

Units		Course Hours per Week			Nbr of Weeks	Course Hours Total
Maximum	3.00	Lecture Scheduled	3.00		17.5 max.	Lecture Scheduled	52.50
Minimum	3.00	Lab Scheduled	0		6 min.	Lab Scheduled	0
		Contact DHR	0			Contact DHR	0
		Contact Total	3.00			Contact Total	52.50
		Non-contact DHR	0			Non-contact DHR Total	0

Total Out of Class Hours:  105.00

Total 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:

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

Prerequisites/Corequisites:

Recommended Preparation:
Eligibility for ENGL 1A or equivalent

Limits on Enrollment:

Schedule of Classes Information
Description:

Study of Mexican social, poliltical and economic history from the pre- Columbian era to the present.  

(Grade or P/NP)
Prerequisites:
Recommended:Eligibility for ENGL 1A or equivalent
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:
	D	Social Science		Fall 1996
	D6	History
IGETC:	Transfer Area			Effective:	Inactive:
	4	Social and Behavioral Science		Fall 1996
	4F	History
CSU Transfer:	Transferable	Effective:	Fall 1981	Inactive:
UC Transfer:	Transferable	Effective:	Fall 1981	Inactive:
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:

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

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:

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:

Bad Language Naked Ladies, And Other Threats to the  Nation:  A Political History Of Comic Books In Mexico.  Rubenstein, Anne.  Duke

University Press: 1998.

 

The Biography of Mexico City.  Kandell, Jonathan.  Holt:  1988.

 

Contested Ground:  Comparative Frontiers On The Northern And Southern Edges Of The Spanish Empire.  Guy, Donna, And Thomas Sheridan,

  Eds. University of Arizona Press: 1998.

 

The Course Of Mexican  History, 6th Ed.  Meyers, Michael, William Sherman, And Susan Deeds.  Oxford University Press:  1999.

"Ecology And The Poor:  A Neglected Dimension of Latin American History." Journal of Latin American Studies 23.  Martinez-Alier, Joan.  

   October (1991):  621-639.

 

Frontiers of Historical Imagination:  Narrating the European Conquest of Native America.  1890-1990.  Klein, Kerwin.  University of California Press:

1999.

 

Mexico Biography of Power:  A History Of Modern Mexico   1810-1996. Krauze, Enrique.  Harper:  1997.

 

The Oxford History Of Mexico.  Meyers, Michael and  Beezley, William, Eds.  Oxford University Press:  2000.

 

"Paradigms Of Conquest:  History, Historiography, and Politics." Journal Of Latin American Studies.  Stern, Steve. Quincentenary

  Supplement (1992): 1-34.

 

The Paradox Of The Mexican State:  Rereading Sovereignty from Independence to Nafta.  Erfani, Julie.  Lynee Richer Publishers:

  1995.

 

"The Peculiarities Of Mexican History:  Mexico Compared to Latin America, 1821-1922." Journal Of Latin American Studies.  Knight, Alan.

  Quincentenary Supplement (1992):  99-144.

 

Rituals Of Rule, Rituals Of Resistance:  Public Celebrations And Popular Culture in Mexico.  Beezley, William, Cheryl Martin, And William French, Eds.  Scholarly Resources Book: 1994.

 

Triumphs And Tragedy:  A History Of The Mexican People.  Ruiz, Ramon. Norton: 1992.  

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