Lecture Materials
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Week 1 Lecture 1: Introduction to Course
Week 2 Lecture 1: Conquest through Independence
Week 2 Lecture 2: Manifest Destiny and the Mexican-American War
Week 3 Lecture 1: The Mexican Revolution
Week 3 Lecture 2: The Rise and Fall of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI): 1929-2000
Week 4 Lecture 1: Chile: September 11, 1973 and its Aftermath
Week 4 Lecture 2: Chile's Transition to Democracy
Week 5 Lecture 1: The Fall and Return of the PRI: 2000-2012
Week 5 Lecture 2: The Rule of Law
Week 6 Lecture 1: Midterm
Week 6 Lecture 2: Drugs
Week 7 Lecture 1: California: The Migration of the Oakies
Week 7 Lecture 2: Immigration & Identity: the Context
Week 8 Lecture 1: Immigration Reform
Week 8 Lecture 2: North America, China and the Global Economy
Week 9 Lecture 1: Central America
Week 9 Lecture 2: Trauma and Survival in Guatemala (Part 1)
Week 10 Lecture 1: Trauma and Survival in Guatemala (Part 2)
Week 10 Lecture 2: The Latino Vote
Week 11 Lecture 1: Midterm 2
Week 11 Lecture 2: The Art of Fernando Botero: Abu Ghraib
Week 12 Lecture 1: Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo
Week 12 Lecture 2: Education (Guest lecture featuring Carmelita Reyes)
Week 13 Lecture 1: Haiti: Current Realities
Week 13 Lecture 2: Cuba - Historical Perspectives
Week 14 Lecture 1: Cuba and the U.S.: The Contemporary Scene
Week 14 Lecture 2: Thanksgiving (No Lecture)
Week 15 Lecture 1: The North American Idea
Week 15 Lecture 2: Concluding Thoughts