HST 271 - History of Mexico

Course Units: 1

(Not offered in 2014-15) Mexican civilization from its origins to the present - ancient Maya and Aztec cultures; the Spanish conquest; colonial society; the independence wars; Mexico in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, especially the Mexican Revolution; and current cultural, social, and economic issues, including the Zapatista rebellion, NAFTA, and the changing nature of the borderlands region between Mexico and the USA. CC: LCC