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Week 9 – Commerce, Coercion, and America’s Empire

The United States has been and is commonly  called an empire, and in this week’s lecture it is referred to…

Posted in Blogs, Week 9 | Tagged with Carmen Miranda, coercion, commerce, empire, Exchange, Produce, Suggest

Golden Age of the Export Oligarchy

Golden Age of the Export Oligarchy

Alec Dawson on the export boom (video)

Posted in Videos, Week 7 Videos | Tagged with C19th, class, commerce, economics, growth, labour, mining, modernization, photography, progress, technology, trade, urbanization

The Export Boom

The Export Boom

Alec Dawson on the export boom (podcast)

Posted in Podcasts, Week 7, Week 7 Podcasts | Tagged with C19th, commerce, exports

The Colonial Heritage

The Colonial Heritage

Alec Dawson on the legacies of colonialism (podcast)

Posted in Podcasts, Week 3, Week 3 Podcasts | Tagged with colonialism, commerce, Enlightenment, hierarchy, history, race, religion, trade

Week 9

This week is a tough one for me to write about because this topic seems to me quite controversial. Latin America has always been majorly influenced by the United States. The economic industrialization that occurred in the late 1800’s resulted in the United States needing to export goods to Latin America. In return, they would […]

Posted in Blogs, Week 9 | Tagged with America, commerce, United States

Short Research and Writing Assignment

Our group is focusing on Week 9: “Commerce, Coercion, and America’s Empire”. This week discusses the United States’ economic influence…

Posted in Blogs, Week 9 | Tagged with Assignments, Chile, coercion, commerce, Cuba, economy, free market, Imperialism, Nicaragua, Research Assignment, US

Short Research Assignment

My group’s Week is number 9 – Commerce, Coercion and America’s Empire. It discusses the history of the North American influence in Latin America, driven by an ambition to control the region and increase wealth. It talks about how that was done through a division of labour that favored the North Americans and put the […]

Posted in Blogs | Tagged with coercion, commerce, north american influence, Short research assignment

Short Research Assignment

My group’s Week is number 9 – Commerce, Coercion and America’s Empire. It discusses the history of the North American influence in Latin America, driven by an ambition to control the region and increase wealth. It talks about how that was done through a division of labour that favored the North Americans and put the […]

Posted in Blogs | Tagged with coercion, commerce, north american influence, Short research assignment

Week Nine

This week we look at the commerce and coercion within the relationship between Latin America and the US. Personally, I…

Posted in Blogs, Week 9 | Tagged with coercion, colonialism, commerce, free market, Journey to Banana Land, noble savage, US

Week 9: Commerce, Coercion, and America’s Empire

Upon reading this weeks article, I had little to no knowledge on the degree of american influence in Latin America. Many people label this region as the dumping ground of the developed nations, with little to no economic resources and businesses. However, for example as most people are unaware, Mexico in latin america has the […]

Posted in Blogs | Tagged with America, coercion, commerce, economy

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