This session covers the history Mexico's independence movement, the aftermath, its main beneficiaries and how revolution is often romanticized but rarely seen for its brutality.   

Citations:   

Chasteen, John Charles. 2001. Born in blood and fire: a concise history of Latin America. New York: Norton. 

Harvey, Robert. 2000. Liberators: Latin America's struggle for independence, 1810-1830. London: John Murray