Readings: Wright, _Bolivia_; Walle, _Bolivia_; Valdes, _Estudio historico de Bolivia_. F. Paraguay. 1. Period of Francia. 2. The Lopez group. 3. War with Brazil, Argentina, and Uruguay. 4. Contemporary government and politics. Readings: Washburn, _History of Paraguay_; Hardy, _Paraguay_; Decoud, _Paraguay_; Funes, _Historia civil del Paraguay_; Mitre, _Guerra del Paraguay_; Yubero, _El Paraguay moderno_. 5. Mexico. a. Empire and early republic: Iturbide and Santa Anna. b. Relations with Texas. c. The war with the United States. d. Struggle with the church: Juarez. e. Maximilian. f. The Diaz regime; economic development. g. Contemporary period: the revolution. Madero; Huerta; Carranza; Villa; Obregon. h. Relations with the United States; with Japan; with Germany. i. Constitution and politics. Suggested Readings: Enock, _Mexico_; Noll, _From Empire to Republic_; ----, _History of Mexico_; Fortier and Ficklen, _Central America and Mexico_; Bancroft, _History of Mexico_; Rives, _Relations of Mexico and the United States_; Bancroft, _Porfirio Diaz_; Pinchon and de Lara, _Mexico_; Stevenson, _Maximilian in Mexico_; Martin, _Maximilian_; ----, _Mexico of the XXth Century_; Prida, _From Despotism to Anarchy_; Fornaro, _Carranza and Mexico_; Trowbridge, _Mexico Today and Tomorrow_. Additional Readings: Alaman, _Historia de Mexico_; Esquivel, _Democracia y personalismo_; Estrada, _La Revolution y Francisco I. Madero_; Gonzalez, _La Revolucion y sus heroes_; Zamacois, _Historia de Mexico_; Planchet, _La Cuestion religiosa en Mexico_. 6. The Central American States: First Class: Costa Rica and Guatemala. Second Class: Honduras, Salvador, and Nicaragua. 1. Race distribution. 2. Projects of union: 1824-1838; 1842; 1848; 1852; 1862; 1872; 1876; 1887; 1889; 1895; 1897. 3. The peace conference of 1907; the court. 4. Political and economic conditions. 5. Foreign relations. Readings: Villafranca, _Costa Rica_; Winter, _Guatemala_; Guardia, _Costa Rica_; Squier, _States of Central America_; Palmer, _Central America_; Fortier and Ficklen, _Central America and Mexico_; Martin, _Salvador_; Koebel, _Central America_; Munro, _The Five Central American Republics_; Shepherd, _Central and South America_. 7. The Insular Republics. A. Cuba. 1. Cuba in the early part of the 19th century. 2. Plans made in South America for the revolutionizing of Cuba. 3. Cuba in diplomacy; attitude of the United States and Europe. 4. Slavery in Cuba. 5. Filibusters.