History of the North American Borderlands

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Description: This class analyzes the histories of the US-Mexico, US-Canada, and Native American borderlands from the 16th century to the present. Topics include indigenous spaces and sovereignty, the establishment of colonial regimes, the formation of nation-states and changing notions of citizenship, immigration policies and experiences, intercultural and interracial communities and tensions, crime and smuggling, representations of the border in media and popular culture, and the political and economic relationships between the United States, Mexico, and Canada.