Description: Over the past century, Mexicans have endured a revolutionary civil war, two religious uprisings, a vicious Cold War counter-insurgency, nearly fifty years of authoritarian government, countless devaluations, and nearly a decade of violent confrontations between drug cartels. Yet Mexicans have also experienced far-reaching social reforms, unparalleled levels of economic growth, rapid rates of industrialisation and urbanisation, and seventy years of relative political stability. This module seeks to understand these contradictions and the ways in which they have affected Mexicans’ everyday lives.
These processes, the bargaining between civil society actors and the state and the uses of the past and the understanding of history in these processes can only be understood through an understanding of the History of Mexico in the Modern period since the arrival of Europeans and Africans in Mesoamerica in 1519.
Date: See related study programme
Programme: History
Course Timing:
ECTS: 15
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- Language of instruction & proficiency: See related study programme
- Admission requirements: See related study programme
- Enrolment process & deadlines: See related study programme
- Staff/Teachers: Rosie Doyle
- Related Connected Community: CLC Legal History
- Course identifier: HI2E7
