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The whole revolution talk in this chapter really took me back to the days that every musical theatre kid goes through: the Les Miserables phase, specifically the reference to the revolution eating its young and young men most often being the victims of... read full post >>

The whole revolution talk in this chapter really took me back to the days that every musical theatre kid goes through: the Les Miserables phase, specifically the reference to the revolution eating its young and young men most often being the victims of... read full post >>

The whole revolution talk in this chapter really took me back to the days that every musical theatre kid goes through: the Les Miserables phase, specifically the reference to the revolution eating its young and young men most often being the victims of... read full post >>

There are many examples around the world of formal decolonization (a.k.a. flag independence). Among the incredible violence that comes before this event, the creation of a formal nation’s borders by colonial powers has led to bloodshed and upheaval. Throughout this … Continue reading → read full post >>

This weeks material focused on crisis facing Latin America at the beginning of the 20th century, with a particular focus on Mexico and the Mexican Revolution. The Mexican revolution is really interesting to me because it seems to still play a role in Mexican politics and society. As Dawson mentions in the video the Plan […] read full post >>

The whole revolution talk in this chapter really took me back to the days that every musical theatre kid goes through: the Les Miserables phase, specifically the reference to the revolution eating its young and young men most often being the victims of... read full post >>

One thing I found particularly interesting that came up in Dawson, as well as Emilio Zapata’s “Plan de Ayala”, was the association of peasant revolutionaries as being ‘bandits and rebels’.  Dawson points out that the writing was essentially on the wall after Zapata and Villa occupied Mexico City; that they had irreversibly upset the liberal […] read full post >>

This weeks video made me think of the famous line from The Dark Knight: “You either die a hero, or you live long enough to see yourself become the villain.” While certainly not from the world’s most profound movie, the line seems to resonate with some of the revolutionary themes mentioned by Professor Dawson. The lasting […] read full post >>

This week we discussed the Mexican Revolution and the “Plan de Ayala.” The revolution is a concept I was already familiar with so it was easy to follow what the video was saying about a complex topic like the Mexican revolution. In school I was taught the Mexican revolution was one of few where entire […] read full post >>

What I found interesting about this week’s material was Dawson’s notion of revolution being a claim of ownership on history.  In most situations, people discuss revolution in relation to specific themes such as discontent of a governmental regime or economic inequality, the concept of revolution being an attempt to generate societal change with the intent […] read full post >>