HIS 3304 - The Mexican Revolution (3)

When Offered: Fall. Even-numbered years
Study of the Mexican Revolution, its causes in the late nineteenth century, its process during the military phase (1910-1920), the country’s reconstruction (1920-1940), and its impact on modern Mexico, modern Latin America, and the United States. It will look at some of the most famous figures in Mexican history: Profirio Diaz, Francisco Madero, Emiliano Zapata, Pancho Villa, Lazaro Cardenas, as well as great artists like Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo. In addition to a social, economic, and military history of the revolution, the course will examine the new culture that emerged from the process, in music, art, literature, and film.