HIST 4243 - Migration, Maquiladoras, and the Mexicanization of North America

Readings in both classic and contemporary writings on the history of the US-Mexico borderlands from the colonial period to the present. Discussion of topics including immigration, labor, ecology, gender, identity, and culture. Ethnographic research in Tulsa’s growing immigrant communities is also undertaken to give students a first hand look at social change at the local level.