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In this week’s materials, we have seen how the notion of progress and the restructuring of society into an export-oriented economy were alternately beneficial and harmful to different classes within the same society. Although more wealth was brought into the region with the onset of industrialization, the vast majority of it was distributed to those […] read full post >>

In this week’s materials, we have seen how the notion of progress and the restructuring of society into an export-oriented economy were alternately beneficial and harmful to different classes within the same society. Although more wealth was brought into the region with the onset of industrialization, the vast majority of it was distributed to those […] read full post >>

This week’s reading started off by stating that not many people benefited from economic growth, and it was characterized negatively. For instance, people faced a loss of rights, land, and autonomy and people in Latin America were under constant threat from North America. As the book quoted, “One person’s boom was always another’s crisis”, which […] read full post >>

  It was interesting to read about how the crisis affected the rural poor. This section in the book provided a much deeper insight on the feelings and actions that arose during this time period. I was surprised to learn about some of the tactics that were used to ensure “order” when tensions were rising […] read full post >>

This week’s reading started off by stating that not many people benefited from economic growth, and it was characterized negatively. For instance, people faced a loss of rights, land, and autonomy and people in Latin America were under constant threat from North America. As the book quoted, “One person’s boom was always another’s crisis”, which […] read full post >>

  It was interesting to read about how the crisis affected the rural poor. This section in the book provided a much deeper insight on the feelings and actions that arose during this time period. I was surprised to learn about some of the tactics that were used to ensure “order” when tensions were rising […] read full post >>

This week’s readings and videos focused on the “Signs of Crisis in a Gilded Age”, particularly within Mexico. The reading explains how the rapidly increasing industrialization of North America and the demand for a continuous export boom was beneficial for … Continue reading → read full post >>

This week’s readings and videos focused on the “Signs of Crisis in a Gilded Age”, particularly within Mexico. The reading explains how the rapidly increasing industrialization of North America and the demand for a continuous export boom was beneficial for … Continue reading → read full post >>

Going from the relative stability from the last chapter to chapter 5, what I would like to address in this posting was the growing power of the middle class and its relations with the various countries and nation states and the growing concerns for workers rights. Like how in Mexico, a revolution stated because of […] read full post >>

Going from the relative stability from the last chapter to chapter 5, what I would like to address in this posting was the growing power of the middle class and its relations with the various countries and nation states and the growing concerns for workers rights. Like how in Mexico, a revolution stated because of […] read full post >>