Schedule, History of the Mexican Revolution
HIST 466/566 @ WNMU
Module 1: Course Introduction
June 24-June 26
All Introductions and Module 1 coursework due Wednesday, June 26, by 11:59 pm
To Read:(Historiography) Complete any two of these:
Wasserman, Part One (pp. 1–28)
Joseph and Nugent, Editors’ Introduction to Everyday Forms
Knight, “Patterns and Prescriptions in Mexican Historiography”
Knight, Introduction to The Mexican Revolution: A Very Short Introduction
Ruiz, “Where Have all the Marxists Gone?”
To Do:
Intro to the class on the discussion board; thoughts on revolution; create Discord and Medium accounts.
All assignments are outlined in more detail in Module 1 in Canvas.
Module 2: The Porfiriato — Precursors to the Mexican Revolution
June 27-June 29
To Read:
Gonzales, Introduction and Chapter 1
Castro, Introduction and Chapter 1
Wasserman, Documents 1–2 (also review pp. 4–10)
Optional:
Wasserman, “Social Origins of the 1910 Revolution in Chihuahua”
To Do:
Reading Comments, Discussion Questions, and Responses due Saturday, June 29, by 11:59 pm
Module 3: Revolution and Counterrevolution
June 30-July 6
**¡Ojo! This module is extra long because it includes the July 4 holiday — Please take some time off with loved ones and plan to complete your work earlier in the week. Assignments are due on Saturday.**
To Read:
Gonzales, Chapters 2–3
Castro, Chapter 2
Wasserman, Documents 3–5, 8–20
To Do:
Discord Reading Comments and Blog Post due Saturday, July 6, by 11:59 pm.
Module 4: Civil War and Resolution
July 7-July 10
To Read:
Gonzales, Chapters 4–6
Castro, Chapters 3–4
Wasserman, Documents 21–36, 38
English-language version of the Constitution of 1917 (for reference)
To Do:
Reading Comments, Discussion Questions, and Responses due Wednesday, July 10, by 11:59 pm
Grad students ONLY (HIST 566): be sure to begin reading Hernández sometime during this module. Your final blog post, due in Module 7, will need to incorporate evidence and ideas from Bad Mexicans.
Module 5: Putting the State Back Together
July 11-July 13
To Read:
Gonzales, Chapters 7–8
Castro, Chapters 5–6
Wasserman, Documents 37 and 39
Optional:
Linda B. Hall, “Creation of a Schizophrenic Border”
To Do:
Blog Post due Saturday, July 13, by 11:59 pm.
Grad students ONLY (HIST 566): be sure to be reading Hernández during this module. Your final blog post, due in Module 7, will need to incorporate evidence and ideas from Bad Mexicans.
Module 6: Revolutionary Mythmaking as a Path to Institutionalization
July 14-July 17
To Read:
Benjamin, entire book
Gonzales, Chapter 9
Optional:
Brunk, “Remembering Emiliano Zapata”
Tour Guide from the Monument to the Revolution (from my 2012 visit)
Reading Comments, Discussion Questions, and Responses due Wednesday, July 17, by 11:59 pm.
Grad students ONLY (HIST 566): be sure to be reading Hernández during this module. Your final blog post, due in Module 7, will need to incorporate evidence and ideas from Bad Mexicans.
Module 7: Conclusions — “A Revolution with Legs?”
July 18– July 20
To Read:
Gonzales, Conclusion
Castro, Conclusion
And, choose any two of these:
Joseph and Buchenau, Chapter 9 from Mexico’s Once and Future Revolution
Morris, “Continuity and Change in Mexican Politics”
Gawronski, “The Revolution is Dead. ¡Viva la Revolución!”
Martínez, “Mexico’s AMLO Riding High 10 Months After Election,” BBC, 6 May 2019
Felbab-Brown, “AMLO’s Feeble Response to COVID-19 in Mexico, “ Brookings, 30 March 2020
Abi-Habib, López, Kitroeff, and Ives, “Years of Unheeded Warnings. Then the Subway Crash Mexico City Had Feared,” NY Times 4 May 2021
Rodríguez Mega, “Why Are So Many Mexican Election Candidates Getting Killed?,” NY Times 25 May 2024
Kitroeff, Romero, and Rodríguez Mega, “Claudia Sheinbaum Makes History as First Woman Elected to Lead Mexico,” NY Times 2 June 2024
Podcast series: “After Ayotzinapa,” Reveal and A Donde Media, 2022. Version in English. Version en Español. [If you choose to listen to the podcast series, it will count for both the readings you need to select from this list. In other words, you don’t need to read any of the above articles in addition to the podcast.]
**Grad Students (those of you enrolled in HIST 566) will also have read Kelly Lytle Hernández (2022), Bad Mexicans, and will need to incorporate it into this Unit’s blog post in place of the two readings from the above list.
To Do:
Blog Post due Saturday, July 20, by 11:59 pm.
Grad Students ONLY: In addition to the Conclusion chapters in Gonzales and Castro, you must incorporate ideas from Hernández, Bad Mexicans into your Blog Post.
Completion of Final Project
July 21-July 24
You will have the last few days of the semester to complete your work on the Final Project. I’ll be available via text, email, and/or Discord if you have any questions or concerns.
Final Project due Wednesday, July 24, by 11:59 pm
