This course will examine the historical development of the United States of America from the close of the Civil War to the present with special emphasis on the history of the Mexican-American. Emphasis on the relationship of regions, both internal and external, the role of major ethnic and social groups, the continuity of the American experience, and its derivation from other cultures, politics, economics, social movements, and its geography will be examined. This course will examine the Constitution of the United States of America, and the constitution of the State of California. Political philosophies, political institutions, amendments and interpretation, the rights and obligations of citizens, Federal/State, State/local government, and contemporary state/local/federal government relationships will be examined.

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Mexicanos: A History of Mexicans in the United States.  Gonzales, Manuel.  Indiana University Press, 1999 ISBN: 0253214009.

Additional books: 

• Breaking Through.  Francisco Jimenez. Houghton Mifflin Company, 2001. 
• Migrant Daughter:  Coming of Age as a Mexican American Woman.    Francis Equibel Tywoniak and Mario Garcia.  University of California Press, 2001. ISBN: 0520219155

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