Welcome to

Latin American &
Chicana/o History
@ Saddleback College

Dr. Michael Argüello


History 27 - Early Latin America

History 28 - Modern Latin America

History 30 - History of Mexico

History 33 - History of Chicanas/os
 
 

Important features of these online courses

  • Student participation in course discussion boards and an online social networking site: Ning.

  • Documentary and feature films on various topics from contemporary Latin American, Mexican, and Mexican-American  history

Course Assignments

  • Short essays, projects, and book reports; no online testing

  • Discussion boards for all videos and readings


Course Texts
Click on titles for information on texts (links to Amazon.com).  Shop for the best deal - which sometimes will include used copies at the Saddleback College Bookstore.

In many cases, used copies of course texts are available at Amazon.com for less than $5 each.

Textbook Rentals  A new option for renting higher priced textbooks is Chegg.com.

Using eBooks
Several course books are available as eBooks through Amazon (Kindle) and Barnes and Noble (Nook).  These can be read on iPads, iPods, PCs, Macs, and mobile devices using the Android OS.

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History 27 - Latin America: Pre-European to Independent Nationhood
 Fall 2011 - Ticket 11990

The Following Books Are Required
  Kenneth J. Andrien.  The Human Tradition in Colonial Latin America.  Scholarly Resources.  Paper.  ISBN 0-8420-2888-9
  James Lockhart and Stuart B. Schwartz.  Early Latin America.  Cambridge University Press.  Paper.  ISBN 0-521-29929-2
  Matthew Restall.  Seven Myths of the Spanish Conquest.  Oxford University Press.  Paper.  ISBN  978-0195176117  Available in a Kindle edition and as a Nook book.
   IMPORTANT  This text is also available as an eBook through the Saddleback College Library site for free!
  Matthew Restall and Amara Solari.  2012 and the End of the World.  Rowman & Littlefield Publishers.  Hardcover.  ISBN  978-1442206090.  Also available in a Kindle edition and as a Nook book.
  David J. Weber, ed.  What Caused the Pueblo Revolt of 1680?  Bedford/St. Martin's.  Paper.  ISBN  978-0312191740

History 33 - Political and Social History of the Chicanas/os
Fall 2011 - Ticket 13445

The Following Books Are Required
  Manuel G. Gonzales.  Mexicanos:  A History of Mexicans in the United States.  2nd edition.  Paperback.  Indiana University Press, 2009.  Paper.  ISBN 978-0253221254 
You must purchase the 2nd edition for this course.
  Jorge G. Castaneda.  Ex Mex: From Migrants to Immigrants.  The New Press, 2009.  Paperback.  ISBN 978-1-59558-455-7.  Available in a Kindle edition and as a Nook book.
  Cristina Garcia, ed.  Bordering Fires: The Vintage Book of Contemporary Mexican and Chicano/a Literature.  Vintage Books, 2006.  Paper.  ISBN 1-4000-7718-4.  Available in a Kindle edition. 


History 28 - Modern Latin America: 1800 to the Present
 Spring 2011 - Ticket 11175

The Following Books Are Required
  Beezley and Ewell, eds.  The Human Tradition in Modern Latin America. Scholarly Resources.  Paper.  ISBN 0-8420-2613-4
  Julia E. Sweig.  Cuba:  What Everyone Needs To Know.  Oxford University Press, 2009.  Paper.  ISBN  978-0195383805
  Peter Winn.  Americas: The Changing Face of Latin America and the Caribbean.  3rd ed.  University of California Press, 2006.  Paper.  ISBN 0-5202-4501-6

History 30 - History of Mexico
Spring 2011 - Ticket 10690

The Following Books Are Required
  Mariano Azuela.  The Underdogs.  Hackett Publishing.  Paper.  ISBN  978-0872208346
This book is available in many editions, but you must purchase this edition because of the additional readings included.
  Jorge G. Castaneda.  Ex Mex: From Migrants to Immigrants.  The New Press, 2009.  ISBN 978-1595584557.  Copies of the hardcover edition are also available used at good prices online, or for free in Public Libraries.
  Richard Grabman.  Gods, Gachupines, and Gringos:  A People's History of Mexico.  Editorial Mazatlan, 2009.  Paper.  ISBN  978-0981663708
  David Lida.  First Stop in the New World:  Mexico City, the Capital of the 21st Century.  Riverhead Press, 2009.  Paper.  ISBN  978-1594483783. 
Copies of the hardcover edition are also available used at good prices online, or for free in Public Libraries.

 

 
 


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