Topics and Readings Introduction Welcome, and course Requirements                                                    Part I: The Background Principles of historical methodology and historiography Reading(s): In Vigil review Chapters 1-5 with special emphasis on chapter 3: Exploration, Discovery, Cortes Begins the Conquest, Destruction of Tenochtitlan    History Defined Topic(s): The Western Tradition, history, historiography, and approaches to history

Geography, Topography and the Precolumbians in Review Reading(s):   Precolumbia to the Aztec Conquest, 2000bc to 1521ad Topic(s): Chicano Cultural Heritage: Olmecs, Teotihuacan, Aztecs, Spain and the Conquest, Retrospective on the Conquest

Reading(s): Legacies

The Legacy of Spain & England: 1500s to 1800s

Topic(s): Politics, economy, society, and the Centralist Tradition by Claudio Veliz

Part II: ROAD to MODERNITY

Nineteeth Century Mindset and Expansion, 1800-1870S Reading(s): Vigil, Chpt 6-7; Digital History: From Mexican to Anglo Rule Library Reserves:  Anglo-Saxons & Mexicans (by Reginald Horsman) ;  Conquest & Dispossession; Devlelopment of an  Internal Colonial Labor System (by Mario Barrera)

19th Century Mindset Definitions

Topic(s):  Manifest Destiny, Social Darwinism, Frontier Theory, Aristotle & Social Slavery Technical Road West and the Mexican-United States War of 1846 Culture Clash: Assimilation, Acculturation, Internal Colonialism, Pluralism A Case Study in Social Banditry: Juan Cortina, Juan Seguin, Joaquin Murrietta

Industrialization and the Civil War: 1800 to 1870s Reading(s): Vigil, chpt 6,7,8 Library Reserves: Mario Barrera's Conquest & Dispossession; Development of an Internal Colonial Labor System;  Reginald Horsemen's Anglos & Mexicans Topic(s): A Contitutional Crisis, War, and Brown Blood on a White and Black Soil

Economic Transformation

Forgotten Loyalist: Mexicans &  the US Civil War

Progressive Era, Its Ironies, and a Capitalist Roller-Coaster Ride, 1890-1930s

Reading(s): Vigil, chapter 8

The Great Depression: Red Scare to Brown Scare

Mexican Repatriation

Topic(s):  Spanish American War 1898,  Mexican Revolution of 1910 , Wilson & Mexico, Roarting Twenties, and Mexican Migration to the United States: You Can't Stop the Wind!

Road Salvation: World II and a Conforming America

Reading(s): Vigil Complete Los Braceros by Jacobo Topic(s): America Goes to War Democracy Abroad, Repression at Home: Zoot Suit & the Sleepy Lagoon Nationalism on the March: from NAZIS to OPERATION WETBACK Conforming America

Zoot Zuit Culture

DESTROYING CONFORMITY: 1960s to 1970s

Reading(s): Vigil Topic(s): American Rebels: White, Black, and Brown A Man Called Cesar: Rise of the United Farm Work The Urban Response: The Chicano Civil Rights Movement

IN A NAME: 1980s to the New Millenium

Reading(s): Vigil Topic(s): From Indians to Hispanics: Search for Identity Chicanismo: Retrospect 2007

Note: I reserve the right to add or delete reading assignments. Please access the website for internet readings. Recommended Videos: Seguin 1830s, Ballad of Gregorio Cortez 1890s-1905, Break of Dawn 1910-30s, The Lemon Grove Incident 1930s, Distant Water 1940s, Zoot Suit 1940s, Y no Se lo Trago la Tierra 1950s, Salt of the Earth 1950s, Go Back to Mexico, Chicano Civil Rights Movement 1950s to 1990s