NAS 133

Ethnohistory of Native People of Mexico and Central America

Ethnohistorical development of pre-colonial, colonial, post-colonial Mexican and Central American indigenous people; the impact of economic and political factors on the process of cultural adaptation. Attention is given to the questions of nation-building, forced assimilation, indigenous resistance, organized political responses.

Units: 4.0

Hours: Lecture/Discussion—4 hour(s).