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The export economy boom in Latin America, while resulting in some positive outcomes, also generated quite a bit of greed…
Throughout the 20th century we see revolution after revolution, the response of the elites to their supposed victimization and threat to privilege. Alec Dawson delves into the response of the elites following the diminished oppression against eth…
Throughout the 20th century we see revolution after revolution, the response of the elites to their supposed victimization and threat to privilege. Alec Dawson delves into the response of the elites following the diminished oppression against eth…
Throughout the 20th century we see revolution after revolution, the response of the elites to their supposed victimization and threat to privilege. Alec Dawson delves into the response of the elites following the diminished oppression against eth…
Out of this week’s readings, I found “Porfirio Díaz: Hero of the Americas” to be rather interesting (albeit in an absurd sense). The text is an article from 1908 written by an American journalist, James Creelman, about his interview with Porfirio Díaz who was president of Mexico for twenty seven years. I find it rather amusing […]
Out of this week’s readings, I found “Porfirio Díaz: Hero of the Americas” to be rather interesting (albeit in an absurd sense). The text is an article from 1908 written by an American journalist, James Creelman, about his interview with Porfirio Díaz who was president of Mexico for twenty seven years. I find it rather amusing […]
This chapter focuses on the process of modernity after the independence of Latin America. It started from exporting natural resources to other countries in return of manufactured goods, to having investments in the country to create modern railroads and other technologies. The government took previously privately owned properties to become government owned and use those…
This week’s reading dealt with the ‘modernity’ of Latin America with the global export boom of the late 19th C. I found it interesting that in order for a country to modernize, it had to adopt European/North American technology, economy, style, etc. While the broad overview of countries in Latin America increasing their exports and […]
This week’s reading discusses the impact of export on the development of the economy and Latin America as a whole. It was interesting to learn that the boom of Latin America was largely due to the rising economies of North America and Europe. These growing economies were in great need of raw materials and resources and… Continue reading Week Seven – The Export Boom as Modernity
