Dr. Juan C. Santamarina

Office Hours:  By appointment, generally in ZH 301/302;  contact Paula.Braley@notes.udayton.edu or +1-937-229-2765

Office Phone: (937) 229-2765

ANNOUNCEMENTS: FINAL EXAM IS CURRENT

READINGS

COURSE DESCRIPTION, REQUIREMENTS, AND GRADING

II.  IMPORTANT DATES

Exam #1 Review	Tues (Week 6)
Exam #1	Tues (Week 7)
Term Paper Proposals Due	THURSDAY (Week 8)
Term Papers Draft Due for Peer Review	Thurs (Week 15) Print and bring with you this peer review
Term Papers Final Draft Due	Thurs (Week 16)
FINAL EXAM:	FINAL EXAM; ESSAY SUBMITTED TO ISIDORE Wednesday 12/14/11 at 10:10am

III.  WEEKLY SCHEDULE
 

I. ORIGINS OF MEXICO Week 1 (Th 8/25)	TOPIC: Course Introduction Historiography and History as a Discipline What's New in History...?
Week 2 (8/30)	READ:  The Oxford History of Mexico, Chapt. 1-3 FILM:  The Aztec Empire TOPIC: Mexico before Cortez: The Mature Aztec Empire:  Political Organization Socio-Economic Structure Aztec Culture Aztec Religion and Human Sacrifice
Week 3 (9/6--Monday--Labor Day No Classes)	READ:  Documents below TUESDAY:  FILM:  Conquistadores THURSDAY:  Document Discussion (read, bring to class, and do a Document Analysis Worksheet for 1 of them) 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 ("AGUIRRE, THE WRATH OF GOD":  http://mubi.com/films/aguirre-the-wrath-of-god ) TOPIC AND IN-CLASS MATERIALS: Cortez and Conquest;  FILM: Conquistadors An Old Tale repeated again Conquest as an Intellectual and Psychological Legacy Las Casas, Destruction of the Indies
Week 4 (9/13)	READ:  The Oxford History of Mexico, Chapt. 4-8 TUESDAY:  The Imperial System THURSDAY:  Document Discussion 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 TOPIC AND IN-CLASS MATERIALS: Structure of Colonial Government "Monty Python's Spanish Inquisition" Mel Brooks Spanish Inquisition (From "History of the World Part 1") TOPIC: The Imperial System Colonial Society The Indian
II. COLONIAL MEXICO Week 5 (9/20)	READ:  The Oxford History of Mexico, Chapt. 9 1.  Alexander Von Humboldt:  Problems And Progress in Mexico, c. 1800 TOPIC:  The Colonization of Mexico Bourbon Dynasty The Spanish Enlightenment The Bourbon reforms in Mexico Mexico in the Late 18th Century
Week 6 (9/27)	READ:  The Oxford History of Mexico, Chapt. 10 1.  Simón de Bolívar:  Message to the Congress of Angostura, 1819 2.  Monroe Doctrine, 1823 TOPIC: The Early Mexican Republic Dynastic Crises and Revolt The Early trials of Nationhood Iturbide Centralists and Federalists, Conservatives and Liberals THURSDAY:  EXAM 1 REVIEW
Week 7 (10/4)	Tuesday:  EXAM #1 Thurs:  NO CLASS
Week 8 (10/11)	READ:  The Oxford History of Mexico, Chapt. 11 TUESDAY: DISCUSSION OF PAPER PROPOSALS AND CHICAGO STYLE THURSDAY: FILM:  The Mexican War 1.  Declaration of Texan Independence    TOPIC: Texan Independence/The Mexican War
Week 9 (10/18)	READ:  The Oxford History of Mexico, Chapt. 12-13 1.  Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo of 1848 2.  Official US Army History of the Mexican War TOPIC: Texan Independence/The Mexican War Contd.
III. THE TWENTIETH CENTURY Week 10 (10/25)	READ:  Rochfort, Desmond. Mexican Muralists: Orozco, Rivera, Siqueiros. NY: Universe, 1993. Mexican Muralists:  Diego Rivera
Week 11 (11/1)	READ:  The Oxford History of Mexico, Chapt. 14-16 FILM:  The Mexican Revolution 1. Channing Arnold & Frederick J. Tabor Frost: The Rule of Porfirio Diaz, 1909 2. Francisco Madero: The Plan of San Luis Potosi, November 20, 1910 TOPIC: The Mexican Revolution:  The Military Phase Pretense Without Progress Francisco Madero and the Failure of Moderate Reform Chaos and Neo-conservatism:  Carranza and Calles The Constitution of 1917
Week 12 (11/8)	READ:  The Oxford History of Mexico, Chapt. 17-18 1.  George M. McBride: Haciendas from The Land Systems of Mexico, 1923 2.  Inter-American Committee: Problems of Latin American Economies, 1965 TOPIC: The Mexican Revolution:  The Constructive Phase Progress and Pretense Lazaro Cardenas, 1934-1980
Week 13 (11/15)	READ:  The Oxford History of Mexico, Chapt. 19-20 Trends in Unauthorized Immigration: Undocumented Inflow Now Trails Legal Inflow Mexican Immigrants in the United States, 2008 TUESDAY: Mexican Immigration and US law THURSDAY: TOPIC: Mexico:  Immigration to the US and Drug Trade ++++Bruce Springsteen, The Ghost of Tom Joad Album, Released 1995 Sinaloa Cowboys { lyrics } real audio | WMA: 28k | 56k | 100k The Line { lyrics } real audio | WMA: 28k | 56k | 100k Balboa Park { lyrics } real audio | WMA: 28k | 56k | 100k Across The Border { lyrics } real audio | WMA: 28k | 56k | 100k +++++NARCO CORRIDOS (Ballads of Narco-trafficking across the border) in Music “The corridos are attempts by Mexican society to come to terms with the world around them, and drug violence is a big part of that world. The songs are born out of a traditional Mexican cynicism: This is our reality, we’ve gotten used to it. You cannot blame narcocorridos for drug violence. Drug violence is to blame for narcocorridos.” NY Times article, "Minstrels in the Court of the Kingpin", March 7, 2010 --NARCO CORRIDOS 2010(DIEGO SIERRA CON TUBA) --El Mas Bravo De Los Bravos(El Muleta-Raydel ) --More NARCO CORRIDOS Music and Videos from YouTube
Week 14 (11/22)  THURSDAY IS THANKSGIVING--NO CLASSES	SPECIAL ASSIGNMENT FOR TUESDAY TBD THURSDAY:  THANKSGIVING, NO CLASSES
IV. CONCLUSION Week 15 (11/29)	READ:  The Life of a Maquiladora Worker NAFTA AND THE NEW ECONOMIC FRONTIER MEXICO CITY TOPIC: Mexico Since 1980:  The Revolution Matures The Industrial Boom The Industrial State Consolidated Demographic Boom and Migration to Urban Areas  Petroleum rescues the PRI, 1976-1982 THURSDAY:  FIRST DRAFT OF TERM PAPERS DUE--ABSOLUTELY NO LATE PAPERS ACCEPTED.  YOU MUST BE IN CLASS WITH YOUR PRINTED PAPER.  Also, print and bring with you this peer review
Week 16 (12/6) Thu, Dec 8 Feast of the Immaculate Conception—Christmas on Campus—no classes LAST DAY OF CLASSES IS 12/9/11	TUESDAY:  FINAL EXAM REVIEW AND FINAL DRAFT OF PAPERS ARE DUE TURN IN: 1--Final Paper to isidore.udayton.edu 2--In Class you will turn in the First Draft, Peer Review, and Final Draft