CHICANO M159A
History of Chicano Peoples
Description: (Same as History M151A.) Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour (when scheduled). Designed for juniors/seniors. Survey lecture course on historical development of Mexican (Chicano) community and people of Mexican descent (Indio-Mestizo-Mulato) north of Rio through 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries, with special focus on labor and politics. Provides integrated understanding of change over time in Mexican community by inquiry into major formative historical forces affecting community. Social structure, economy, labor, culture, political organization, conflict, and international relations. Emphasis on social forces, class analysis, social, economic, and labor conflict, ideas, domination, and resistance. Developments related to historical events of significance occurring both in U.S. and Mexico. Lectures, special presentations, reading assignments, written examinations, library and field research, and submission of paper. P/NP or letter grading.
Units: 4.0
Units: 4.0
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Fall 2000 - Professor is highly qualified to do research and knows the material. It is possible to learn a lot. However, he is condescending and projects his anger at the atrocities of history on his own students. This is not right. He has an idealistic view of how society should be, and therefore is not practical on the current economic and social conditions of the time. His views are extreme left and must be taken with a grain of salt; because taking his work seriously will lead an individual to negativity, anger and resentment toward the United States especially people of Caucasian descent. His biggest turnoff are his rudeness, arrogance, anger and lack of clarity. His academic work and lectures are interesting, but his personality has much to desire. It is probably best to stay away from the class unless you are real interested in the subject, want to learn from a highly educated individual and are willingly to put up with the unnecessary respect. No student should have to put up with such nonsense, and it’s sad that UCLA has allowed this professor to act in such a disrespectful manner for more than 40 years.
Fall 2000 - Professor is highly qualified to do research and knows the material. It is possible to learn a lot. However, he is condescending and projects his anger at the atrocities of history on his own students. This is not right. He has an idealistic view of how society should be, and therefore is not practical on the current economic and social conditions of the time. His views are extreme left and must be taken with a grain of salt; because taking his work seriously will lead an individual to negativity, anger and resentment toward the United States especially people of Caucasian descent. His biggest turnoff are his rudeness, arrogance, anger and lack of clarity. His academic work and lectures are interesting, but his personality has much to desire. It is probably best to stay away from the class unless you are real interested in the subject, want to learn from a highly educated individual and are willingly to put up with the unnecessary respect. No student should have to put up with such nonsense, and it’s sad that UCLA has allowed this professor to act in such a disrespectful manner for more than 40 years.
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