The Other Americans: U.S. Hispanic/Latinx History from 1565 to the Present
HIST(LACS) 3140
3 hours
The Other Americans: U.S. Hispanic/Latinx History from 1565 to the Present
Course Description
A survey of the history of the Hispanic/Latinx people of the
United States from the Spanish conquest to the present, examining
the U.S. occupation of the Southwest and the successive waves of
Hispanic immigration through issues of segregation, integration,
gender equality, and identity formation.
Athena Title
U.S. Hispanic/Latinx History
Equivalent Courses
Not open to students with credit in HIST 3140H, LACS 3140H
Pre or Corequisite
Any HIST or LACS course or POLS 1101 or POLS 1101E or POLS 1101S or POLS 1105H or [(ENGL 1101 or ENGL 1101E or ENGL 1101S) and (ENGL 1102 or ENGL 1102E)]
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Student Learning Outcomes
By the end of this course, students will be able to arrive at conclusions about Hispanic/Latinx history in the United States by gathering and weighing evidence, logical argument, and listening to counter argument.
By the end of this course, students will be able to write stylistically appropriate papers and essays. Students will be able to analyze ideas and evidence, organize their thoughts, and revise and edit their finished essays.
By the end of this course, students will be able to identify how the history of people of Hispanic/Latinx descent in the U.S. has shaped social and cultural identities, encouraging them to understand diverse worldviews and experiences.
By the end of this course, students will be able to apply appropriate methodological approaches to their analysis of primary sources and to organize their evidence to show historical continuities and discontinuities.
Topical Outline
1. Spanish Conquest of Indigenous North America; Founding of Saint Augustine and Santa Fe
2. The Southwest under Spanish Colonial Rule: Missions and Pueblos, Spanish Louisiana, and Florida
3. The Southwest under Mexican Rule
4. Texan Independence and the Mexican American War
5. Hispanic Southwest under Anglo Rule: Resistance and Integration
6. U.S. intervention in the Spanish Caribbean; The Hispanic enclaves of “Spanish Harlem” and Tampa’s Ybor City
7. Mexican Immigration from the Mexican Revolution to the Depression
8. Segregation and Civil Rights in the Southwest
9. WWII, Bracero Program, and Operation Wet-Back
10. Chicano Rights and “Brown Power” in the 1960s
11. Hispanic New York from WWII to the 1980s
12. Cuban Immigration in the Making of Hispanic Miami
13. Central American Civil War refugees and the “Sanctuary Movement”
14. Last wave of Hispanic migration and anti-Hispanic backlash
15. Nuevo South: Hispanics in Georgia and the Southeast
