This week we are looking at modernity and what that looks like in Latin America. We will begin to look at economics and the introduction of technology and how they contribute to the integration of modernity. Look at our technology today, from the accessibility and growing necessity of the internet to our dependence on smartphones […]
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This week we are looking at modernity and what that looks like in Latin America. We will begin to look at economics and the introduction of technology and how they contribute to the integration of modernity. Look at our technology today, from the accessibility and growing necessity of the internet to our dependence on smartphones […]
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The struggle of transitioning to modernity is something that is hard to completely understand for people living in the present. Yes, of course, we still have flaws and faults but I believe we also have many solutions for problems that were unsolvable at the time. Yet we look back at history and often think “why […]
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The struggle of transitioning to modernity is something that is hard to completely understand for people living in the present. Yes, of course, we still have flaws and faults but I believe we also have many solutions for problems that were unsolvable at the time. Yet we look back at history and often think “why […]
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This chapter of Latin American history appears to represent a relatively calm period of time, an seemingly irregular theme for this region. In the source, we learn of a time of overall prosperity and order, that lacked conflict, and stimulated economic growth, and in general terms, allowed these countries to move forward politically and socially.Continue reading “The Export Boom as Modernity”
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Modernization by definition means the transformation from a traditional, rural, agrarian society to a secular, urban, industrial society. Although the starting and end positions may be definite, how different countries attain modernity are drastically different. Due to a variety of influential factors such as social, cultural, political and economical histories, modernization can be executed successfullyContinue reading “Week 7: The Export Boom alongside Antidemocratic Enlightenment”
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This week, the chapter talks about how the aftermath of the dirty wars in Latin America and the political cycle the majority of the countries went through. After the dirty wars, in the late 1970s/early 1980s, Latin American countries were for the most part in bad economic shape: poor economic management along with corruption at […]
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This week, the chapter talks about how the aftermath of the dirty wars in Latin America and the political cycle the majority of the countries went through. After the dirty wars, in the late 1970s/early 1980s, Latin American countries were for the most part in bad economic shape: poor economic management along with corruption at […]
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This week, we looked at how the export boom and economic progress affected Latin American societies, particularly Mexico. The readings point out how fragmented the social classes were as a reflection of how the wealth from the boom was distributed between groups: the profits were concentrated in the hands of the urban elites and landowners, […]
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This week, we looked at how the export boom and economic progress affected Latin American societies, particularly Mexico. The readings point out how fragmented the social classes were as a reflection of how the wealth from the boom was distributed between groups: the profits were concentrated in the hands of the urban elites and landowners, […]
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