Modernity came to Latin America tied to two basic principles: Order, and Progress. With order came progress, and with progress came modernity. Modernity was closely tied to capitalism, growth of the gross domestic product (GDP), increased foreign investment, and paying off national debt. Modernization meant having street-lamps, railways, automobiles, and flight, among other similar things. […]
Posted in Blogs, Week 7 | Tagged with Mexico, modernity, Order and Progress, Porfirio Díaz
Women and Latin American Modernity During the Export Boom First Source: In her book, “Women’s Roles in Latin America and the Caribbean”, Kathryn A. Sloan speaks to the emergence of feminism in Latin America. The women’s rights movement focused on women’s rights as human rights, and also on the importance of economic justice. Race, class, […]
Posted in Blogs, Week 7 | Tagged with feminism, research, Short research assignment, week7, women
Women and Latin American Modernity During the Export Boom First Source: In her book, “Women’s Roles in Latin America and the Caribbean”, Kathryn A. Sloan speaks to the emergence of feminism in Latin America. The women’s rights movement focused on women’s rights as human rights, and also on the importance of economic justice. Race, class, […]
Posted in Blogs, Week 7 | Tagged with feminism, research, Short research assignment, week7, women
The reading this week focused on the transition to ‘modernity’ in Latin America during the 19th and early 20th Century. Export and foreign investment were the main catalysts of economic growth throughout Latin America, and this led to an uneven distribution of wealth, with only a few elites in each country seeing a large majority […]
The reading this week focused on the transition to ‘modernity’ in Latin America during the 19th and early 20th Century. Export and foreign investment were the main catalysts of economic growth throughout Latin America, and this led to an uneven distribution of wealth, with only a few elites in each country seeing a large majority […]
In this chapter, we see the emergence of Latin American Feminism. It is interesting to note that this first push for equality came at a time when men are beginning industrialization and modernization, while women are largely kept out of this process. Although it is important to note that many women did work, they were […]
Posted in Blogs, Week 7 | Tagged with Diaz, feminism, Mexico
In this chapter, we see the emergence of Latin American Feminism. It is interesting to note that this first push for equality came at a time when men are beginning industrialization and modernization, while women are largely kept out of this process. Although it is important to note that many women did work, they were […]
Posted in Blogs, Week 7 | Tagged with Diaz, feminism, Mexico
This week’s reading was very centered on the theme of modernity and it got me thinking. I mean, if you have taken economy classes, you probably have learned that the fastest way for an underdeveloped country to embrace progress is through forest investment and international borrowing. Many countries in Latin America followed this policy after […]
Posted in Blogs, Week 7 | Tagged with America, Argentina, Civilizatioin, Colonial, latin america, modernity
This week’s reading was very centered on the theme of modernity and it got me thinking. I mean, if you have taken economy classes, you probably have learned that the fastest way for an underdeveloped country to embrace progress is through forest investment and international borrowing. Many countries in Latin America followed this policy after […]
Posted in Blogs, Week 7 | Tagged with America, Argentina, Civilizatioin, Colonial, latin america, modernity
In the video that Dawson narrates, “Golden Age of the Export Oligarchy,” he mentions that people living in periphery countries feel certain anxieties different from people living in the “center:” countries that are more modern. He explains how countries of the periphery are countries in which their people feel a sense that they are behind […]
Posted in Blogs, Week 7 | Tagged with assignment 7, Dawson, export boom, modern, modernity, periphery, photographs
