History 201-206 seminars are open to history majors only during pre-registration. If the course does not reach its enrollment maximum, it will be open to all students beginning with drop/add on a first-come first-serve basis.
HIST 204 Mexican American History
Hesson
Taught as schedule allows (consult the Course Directory)
SEM | CGS Course | Counts as distributional course in History & Tradition for CGS only.
Hispanics and Latinos represent the fastest growing minority group in the United States--approximately sixty percent of whom are of Mexican descent. Mexican Americans are distinct from other ethnic of racial groups, while also being a heterogeneous population within the United States. This course introduces students to major themes in Mexican American history since 1848. Our exploration of that history includes discussions of social, political, and economic conditions Mexican Americans have confronted over time; examinations of important issues in current Mexican American historical research; and critiques of written Mexican American history. We will survey a variety of primary and secondary sources from different mediums to gain a better understanding of Mexican-origin populations who are simultaneously at any given point immigrants—both legal and otherwise—to the United States; internal migrants within the US; and settled residents and citizens throughout the nation.
