University of Dayton     Department of History

HST 382:  The History of Mexico

GENERAL EDUCATION
The Arts and Human Experience Cluster

Dr. Juan C. Santamarina
Office Hours:  M-W 2:00pm-3:00pm , and by appointment.  HM 462.
santamar@udayton.edu
Office Phone: (937) 229-2834

THIS WEBPAGE WAS LAST UPDATED 11/9/2006 at 4:00pm


I.  COURSE BASICS
ANNOUNCEMENTS:

FINAL EXAM REVIEW IS CURRENT

ALL OTHER EXAM REVIEWS ARE SAMPLES ONLY
 
READINGS
COURSE DESCRIPTION, REQUIREMENTS, AND GRADING

II.  IMPORTANT DATES
Term Paper Proposals Due Wed (Week 6)
Exam #1  Wed (Week 7)
Term Papers Draft Due for Peer Review Wed (Week 14)
Print and bring with you this peer review
Exam #2 Review Wed (Week 13)
Term Papers Final Draft Due Friday (Week 15)
FINAL EXAM:  FRI DEC 15, 10:10-12:00 FINAL EXAM TAKE-HOME

III.  WEEKLY SCHEDULE
 
I. ORIGINS OF MEXICO

Week 1 (8/21)

 READ:  Meyer, Chpts. 1-3
FILM:  Lost Kingdoms of the Maya

TOPIC:

Mexico before Cortez:
  • Requirements, Introduction
  • The Maya:  Pre-Columbian Foundations of Mexico
Week 2 (8/28) READ:  Meyer, Chpts. 4-5
FILM:  The Aztec Empire

TOPIC:

    Mexico before Cortez:
    1. The Mature Aztec Empire:  Political Organization
    2. Socio-Economic Structure
    3. Aztec Culture
    4. Aztec Religion and Human Sacrifice
Week 3 (9/4--Monday--Labor Day No Classes) READ:  Meyer, Chpts. 6-8
1.  Hernan Cortés: from Second Letter to Charles V, 1520
2.  The New Laws of the Indies, 1542 Spain's pro-Indian laws.
3.  Lope de Aguirre: Letter from to King Philip of Spain, 1561
Structure of Colonial Government
FILM:  Conquistadores

TOPIC:

  • Cortez and Conquest;  FILM: Conquistadors
    1. An Old Tale repeated again
    2. Conquest as an Intellectual and Psychological Legacy
Week 4 (9/11)  READ:  Meyer, Chpts. 9-13
1.  Henry C Lea (1829-1909): The Inquisition in 17th-Century Peru: Cases of Portuguese Judaizers
2.  Hubert Howe Bancroft: Burial of an Archbishop-Viceroy in Mexico City, 1612

"Monty Python's Spanish Inquisition"

TOPIC:

    1. The Imperial System
    2. Colonial Society
    3. The Indian
II. COLONIAL MEXICO

Week 5 (9/18)

 READ:  Meyer, Chpts. 14-17
1.  Alexander Von Humboldt:  Problems And Progress in Mexico, c. 1800

TOPIC:

Week 6 (9/25) READ:  Meyer, Chpts. 18-21
1.  Simón de Bolívar:  Message to the Congress of Angostura, 1819
2.  Monroe Doctrine, 1823

TOPIC:

    1. Dynastic Crises and Revolt
    2. The Early trials of Nationhood
    3. Iturbide
    4. Centralists and Federalists, Conservatives and Liberals

      5. Santa Ana and the Mexican War
Week 7 (10/2)
  • Monday---EXAM REVIEW
  • Wednesday--EXAM
  • Friday--TBD

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    Week 8 (10/9) READ:  Meyer, Chpts. 22-25
    FILM:  The Mexican War
    1.  Declaration of Texan Independence
     
     

    TOPIC:

    Week 9 (10/17) READ:  Meyer, Chpts. 26-29
    1.  Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo of 1848
    2.  Official US Army History of the Mexican War

    TOPIC:

    III. THE TWENTIETH CENTURY

    Week 10 (10/23)
      Art and the Image-Making of a Revolution
    READ:  Rochfort, Desmond. Mexican Muralists: Orozco, Rivera, Siqueiros. NY: Universe, 1993.

    Mexican Muralists
    Orozco, Rivera, Siqueiros.
    Orozco
    Rivera
    Week 11 (10/30)
    MONDAY--MEXICAN MUSIC

    READ:  Meyer, Chpts. 30-35
    FILM:  The Mexican Revolution
    1. Channing Arnold & Frederick J. Tabor Frost: The Rule of Porfirio Diaz, 1909
    2.  George M. McBride: Haciendas from The Land Systems of Mexico, 1923
    3.  Francisco Madero: The Plan of San Luis Potosi, November 20, 1910

    TOPIC:

    Week 12 (11/6) READ:  Meyer, Chpts. 36-39)
    1.  Inter-American Committee: Problems of Latin American Economies, 1965

    TOPIC:

        The Mexican Revolution:  The Constructive Phase
        1. Progress and Pretense

          2. Lazaro Cardenas, 1934-1980
    Week 13 (11/13)
  • Monday---EXAM REVIEW
  • Wednesday--EXAM
  • Friday--TBD

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    Week 14 (11/20) READ:  TBD

    TOPIC:

    Mexican History in Literature
    IV. CONCLUSION
    Week 15 (11/27) Week 16 (12/4)    		 READ:  Meyer, Chpts. 40-45.
    The Life of a Maquiladora Worker 
     
     

    TOPIC:

      Mexico Since 1980:  The Revolution Matures
      1. The Industrial Boom
      2. The Industrial State Consolidated
      3. Demographic Boom and Migration to Urban Areas 
      4. Petroleum rescues the PRI, 1976-1982

        5.