Latinx History

Catalog description

This course examines the history of Latinos in the United States from the early 19th century to the present. We will explore how Mexicans, Puerto Ricans, Cubans, Central Americans, and other Latinos built communities while facing significant political and economic barriers. The course focuses on changing notions of race, class, ethnicity, gender, sexuality, and citizenship and how those changes shaped the experiences of Latinos. We will consider many facets of Latino life such as work, culture, and politics. The main themes we will cover include migration, empire, resistance, and identity. The goal of this course is to situate Latinos into a U.S. national narrative. The first half of this course moves chronologically and the second-half, dealing mostly with the post-Word War II era, is organized thematically.