Syllabus
Week |
Lecture and Seminar Topic |
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| Autumn Term |
1 |
NA |
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2 |
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| 3 | ||
| 4 | Democracy and Dictatorship (1821-1846) | |
| 5 | The Mexican American War (1846-1848) | |
| Reading Week | ||
| 7 | Civil War and Benito Juarez (1848-1876) | |
| 8 | ||
| 9 | The Mexican Revolution (1910-1920) | |
| 10 | Land and Labour (1920-1940) | |
| Spring Term | 1 | Cultural Reforms (1920-1940) |
| 2 | Counter-Revolution and the PRI state (1940-68) | |
| 3 | The 1960s in Mexico | |
| 4 | The Dirty War (1965-1982) | |
| 5 | Modern Mexico: Neoliberalism and Democratization | |
| 6 | Reading Week - no lecture or seminar | |
| 7 | Modern Mexico: Zapatistas and Indigenous Rights | |
| 8 | Modern Mexico: Migration and the Border | |
| 9 | Modern Mexico: The Drug Trade | |
| 10 | Essays and Module Overview | |
| Summer Term | 1 | Revision |
| 2 | Revision |