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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 →
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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 →
Posted in Blogs, Week 8 | Tagged with Diaz, Feedbacks, Power
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 […]
Posted in Blogs, Week 8 | Tagged with Argentina, communism, Diaz, Mexico, Peru, workers rights
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 […]
Posted in Blogs, Week 8 | Tagged with Argentina, communism, Diaz, Mexico, Peru, workers rights
This chapter helped me see that this economic boom in Latin America didn’t really help many Latin Americans and was only exploited by the rich. This brought many revolutions, chaos, and blood during the boom and after the boom started to slow down. Muc…
This chapter helped me see that this economic boom in Latin America didn’t really help many Latin Americans and was only exploited by the rich. This brought many revolutions, chaos, and blood during the boom and after the boom started to slow down. Muc…
