Mexican American History to 1900. (3-0) 3 Credit Hours

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This course surveys the origins of Mexican Americans in the United States from the point of contact between Indigenous people and Spanish colonizers to 1900. Thematic topics may include conquest, Spanish colonization, the development of borderlands cultures, migratory and settlement patterns, gendered borderlands, and labor. While the course will end at a time when the U.S. is emerging as a global industrialized nation, much of it covers a time period prior to the foundation of the U.S. as a nation state, thus demonstrating the deep histories of Mexican Americans tied to this land. Course Fee: LRLF $10.27; STLF $18.48.