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1 – HISTORICAL FRAMEWORK
August
27 – Introduction to Course
WEEK
2 – MEXICO
September
1 – Mexico: the Conquest to Independence
- Skidmore,
Thomas E. and Peter H. Smith, "Mexico: The Taming
of a Revolution,” in Modern Latin America 6 th ed.
(New York: Oxford University Press, 2005), pp. 254-295.
- West,
Rebecca, " Tenochtitlán," in Survivors
in Mexico, (New Haven: Yale University
Press, 2003), pp. 154-165.
September
3 – Mexico: Manifest Destiny and
war
- Schoultz,
Lars, "Acquiring Northern Mexico," in Beneath
the United States: A History of U.S. Policy Toward Latin America,
(Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1998), pp.14-38.
Recommended:
- Walker
Howe, Daniel, “The War Against Mexico,” in What
Hath God Wrought: The Transformation of America,
1815-1848, pp. 744-791.
- Nugent,
Walter, "Texas, 1811-1845: Overpopulating and Conquering" in Habits of
Empire: A History of American Expansion , ( New York
: Knopf, 2008), pp. 130-156.
WEEK
3 –CENTRAL AMERICA AND THE UNITED STATES
September 8 – Central America
- Kinzer, Stephen, Overthrow: America’s Century of Regime Change from Hawaii to Iraq, (New York: Times Books, 2006), pp. 129-147; 203-207; 214-216.
September 10 – California: from statehood to the Oakies
- McWilliams, Carey. "Californios and Mexicanos" and "The Growth of a Legend," in Southern California an Island on the Land, (Salt Lake City: Peregrine Smith Books, 1946, 1973), pp. 49-83.
- Gregory, James, American Exodus: The Dust Bowl Migration and Okie Culture in California, (New York: Oxford University Press, 1989), Chapters 3-4.
WEEK
4 –MEXICO IN THE TWENTIETH
CENTURY
September
15 – The Mexican Revolution
- Hart,
John, “The Mexican Revolution, 1910-1920,” in
Meyer, Michael C. and William H. Beezley, eds., The Oxford
History of Mexico, (New York: Oxford University Press, 2000),
pp. 435-465.
September
17 – Post-revolutionary Mexico to post-PRI presidency
- Camp,
Roderic, "The Time of the Technocrats
and Deconstruction of the Revolution," The Oxford History of Mexico pp.
609-636.
- Guillermoprieto,
Alma, "Losing the Future," "Zapatas
Heirs," and "Elections 2000," in Looking for
History, (New York: Pantheon Books, 2001), pp. 178-206; 286-303.
II. CONTEMPORARY CHALLENGES
WEEK
5 – NEW DIRECTIONS
September
22 – Current Challenges for the United States and Mexico
September
24 - Political Context
- Rohter, Larry, “The Crisis Came, Mexico Didn’t Fail. Surprised?” New York Times, May 10, 2009. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/10/weekinreview/10rohter.htm
- Grayson, George W.,“The PRI Makes a Comeback in Mexico,” ISN, ETH Zurich, July 13, 2009.
http://www.fpri.org/enotes/200907.grayson.pricomebackmexico.html
- Martínez, Andrés, “2009: The Year America Discovered Mexico,” Foreign Policy, April 2009, Web exclusive.
http://www.foreignpolicy.com/story/cms.php?story_id=4798
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WEEK
6 – DRUG WARS AND THE RULE OF LAW
September
29 – State of Siege
- Guillermoprieto, Alma, “The Narcovirus, ” Berkeley Review of Latin American Studies, Spring 2009.
http://clas.berkeley.edu/Publications/Review/Spring2009/pdf/BRLAS-Spring2009-Guillermoprieto.pdf
- Downes, Lawrence, “In Los Angeles, Songs Without Borders” New York Times, August 16, 2009.
http://travel.nytimes.com/2009/08/16/travel/16corridos.html
- Dresser, Denise, “State of Siege, ” Berkeley Review of Latin American Studies, Spring 2009.
http://clas.berkeley.edu/Publications/Review/Spring2009/pdf/BRLAS-Spring2009-Dresser.pdf
- -----, “Mexico’s War on Civil Rights, ” Los Angeles Times, August 7, 2009.http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-oe-dresser7-2009aug07,0,5621357.story
- O’Neil, Shannon, “The Real War in Mexico,” Foreign Affairs, Jul/Aug 2009, pp. 63-77. Register for Foreign Affairs for free access to the article.
http://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/65155/shannon-oneil/the-real-war-in-mexico
- Lacey, Marc, “Mexico’s Drug Traffickers Continue Trade in Prison,” New York Times, August 10, 2009.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/11/world/americas/11prisons.html?
_r=1&scp=5&sq=marc%20lacey%20%20&st=cse
- Cardoso, Fernando Enrique, Cesar Gaviria, & Ernesto Zedillo, “The War on Drugs is a Failure,” The Wall Street Journal, February 23, 2009.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123535114271444981.html
October 1—United States Foreign Policy
- Schoultz Lars, “Latin America and the United States,”in Hershberg, Eric and Fred Rosen, eds., Latin America After Neoliberalism: Turning the Tide in the 21st Century, and (New York: The New Press, 2006), pp. 49-71.
- Shifter, Michael and Dan Joyce, “No Longer Washington’s Backyard,” Current History, February 1, 2009.
http://www.thedialogue.org/page.cfm?pageID=32&pubID=1786
- Obama, Barack, “Choosing a Better Future in the Americas,” Miami Herald, April 16, 2009.
WEEK
7 – IMMIGRATION I
October 6 --– Crossing Borders: a personal journey
- Documentary: "Matias," Frontline World, Claudine Lomonaco and Mary Spicuzza, 2004.
- Castaneda, Jorge G., Ex Mex: From Migrants to Immigrants, (New York: The New Press, 2007), pp. 47-92; 168-194.
Recommended:
October
8 – **MIDTERM**
WEEK
8 – IMMIGRATION II
October 13 – Immigration: the context
- Huntington, Samuel, “The Hispanic Challenge”, Foreign Policy, March/April 2004.
- Castaneda, Jorge G., Ex Mex: From Migrants to Immigrants, (New York: The New Press, 2007), pp. 1-46.
October 15—Immigration Reform: the debate
- Bush, Jeb, Thomas F. McLarty III and Edward Alden, “A bipartisan blueprint for immigration reform,” Los Angeles Times, July 13, 2009.
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-oe-bush13-2009jul13,0,2327231.story
- Passel, Jeffrey S., and D’Vera Cohn, “A Portrait of Unauthorized Immigrants in the United States,” Pew Hispanic Center, April 14, 2009, pp. 1-8.
http://pewhispanic.org/files/reports/107.pdf
- “Times Topics: Immigration and Emigration,” New York Times, August 11, 2009.
- “Illegal Immigrants Debate Could Potentially Block Reform,” Los Angeles Times,
August 17, 2009.
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-ed-health17-2009aug17,0,1820053.story
Recommended:
WEEK 9. CENTRAL AMERICA
October
20 & 22 - Trauma and Survival in Guatemala
- Manz, Beatriz, Paradise in Ashes: A Guatemalan Journey
of Courage, Terror, and Hope, (Berkeley: University of
California Press, 2004).
Recommended:
WEEK 10. EDUCATION/LATINO POLITICAL PARTICIPATION
October
27 – Education
- Suarez-Orozco,
Carola. et al. Learning a New Land: Immigrant
Students in American
Society (Cambridge: Harvard University Press,
2008), pp. 359-377.
- Fry,
Richard, “The Role of Schools in
the English Language Learner Achievement
Gap,” Pew Hispanic Center, 2008, Executive
Summary, 1-6. http://pewhispanic.org/reports/report.php?ReportID=89
- Thompson, Ginger, “Where Education and Assimilation Collide,” New York Times, March 15, 2009.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/15/us/15immig.html
- The New York Times Blog, “The Best Way to Teach Newcomers,” March 11, 2009.
http://roomfordebate.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/03/11/the-best-ways-to-teach-young-newcomers/
October 29 - Latino Political Participation
- Lopez, Mark and Paul Taylor, “Dissecting the 2008 Electorate: Most Diverse in U.S. History,” Pew Hispanic Center, April 30, 2009. http://pewhispanic.org/reports/report.php?ReportID=108
- García Bedolla, Lisa, Latino Politics, (Malden: Polity Press, 2009), pp. 14-35, 179-188.
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| WEEK 11. ECONOMIC INTEGRATION
November 3 ** SECOND EXAM **
November 5 – Maquiladoras and the Border
- Documentary: “Maquilapolis”, Directors, Vicky Funari and Sergio De La Torre.
WEEK 12. ECONOMIC INTEGRATION
November 10 – Trade
- Delong, Bradford, “Afta Thoughts on NAFTA”, Berkeley Review of Latin American Studies, Fall 2006. Available online:
http://www.clas.berkeley.edu/Publications/Review/Fall2006/CLASFall2006-DeLong.pdf
- Pastor, Robert, “The Future of North America,” Foreign Affairs, July/August 2008.
- CAFTA Congressional Testimony, House Committee on Ways and Means, Statement of Harley Shaiken, April 21, 2005. Available online:
http://waysandmeans.house.gov//hearings.asp?formmode=view&id=2824
III. HAITI, CUBA AND THE AMERICAS
November 12 – Haiti: Historical Perspectives
- Skidmore and Smith, “Haiti: Slave Republic, Voodoo Dictatorship,” in Modern Latin America, 6th edition, pp. 296-300.
WEEK 13.
November 17 – Haiti: Current Realities
November 19 – Cuba: Historical perspectives
- Sweig, Julia E., “Cuba before 1959”, Cuba: What Everyone Needs to Know, pp. 1-35
WEEK 14. THE COLD WAR
November 24 – Cuba: The Cold War
- Sweig, Julia E. “The Cuban Revolution and the Cold War, 1959-91,” Cuba: What Everyone Needs to Know, pp. 36-103.
- Schlesinger, Arthur M., Jr, Journals: 1952-2000, (New York: Penguin Press,
2007), pp. 108-113, 120.
- Purdum, Todd S, “A True Story of What Now Seems Incredible,” New York Times, November 5, 2000.
http://www.nytimes.com/2000/11/05/arts/05PURD.html
November 26 - *THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY*
WEEK 15. POST-COLD WAR
December 1 – Cuba: Today and Tomorrow
December 3 – Summing Up
December 8 – Review
December 14, 12:30 – 3:30pm ** FINAL EXAM ** |
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