Welcome to

Latin American &
Chicana/o History
@ Saddleback College

Dr. Michael Argüello


 
 

Important features of these online courses

  • Student participation in course discussion boards

  • 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.

 

History 27 - Latin America: Pre-European to Independent Nationhood
 Fall 2009 - Ticket 22070

The Following Books Are Required
  Kenneth J. Andrien.  The Human Tradition in Colonial Latin America.  Scholarly Resources.  Paper.  ISBN 0-8420-2888-9
  Carmen Bernand.  The Incas.  Harry N. Abrams, Inc.  Paper.  ISBN 0-8109-2894-9   Also available here at Barnes & Noble.com
  James Lockhart and Stuart B. Schwartz.  Early Latin America.  Cambridge University Press.  Paper.  ISBN 0-521-29929-2

History 33 - Political and Social History of the Chicanas/os
Fall 2009 - Ticket 22075

The Following Books Are Required
  Manuel G. Gonzales.  Mexicanos:  A History of Mexicans in the United States.  Paperback.  Indiana University Press, 2000.  Paper.  ISBN 0-253-21400-9
  Jorge G. Castaneda.  Ex Mex: From Migrants to Immigrants.  The New Press, 2009.  Paperback.  ISBN 978-1-59558-455-7.  Copies of the hardcover edition are also available used at good prices online at Amazon.com.
  Cristina Garcia, ed.  Bordering Fires: The Vintage Book of Contemporary Mexican and Chicano/a Literature.  Vintage Books, 2006.  Paper.  ISBN 1-4000-7718-4


History 28 - Modern Latin America: 1800 to the Present
 Spring 2010

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 2010

The Following Books Are Required
  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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