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Modernity and Modernization in Mexico

I don’t know if it’s my education up until now, my upbringing, or Mexican representation in the media, but I somehow always thought of Mexico as a big old desert with lots of cacti and sand and ponchos. I believe this is in part due to the media’s repr…

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Modernity and Modernization in Mexico

I don’t know if it’s my education up until now, my upbringing, or Mexican representation in the media, but I somehow always thought of Mexico as a big old desert with lots of cacti and sand and ponchos. I believe this is in part due to the media’s repr…

Posted in Blogs | Tagged with mexican representation, Mexico, modernity, technology

Modernity and Modernization in Mexico

I don’t know if it’s my education up until now, my upbringing, or Mexican representation in the media, but I somehow always thought of Mexico as a big old desert with lots of cacti and sand and ponchos. I believe this is in part due to the media’s repr…

Posted in Blogs | Tagged with mexican representation, Mexico, modernity, technology

Modernity and Modernization in Mexico

I don’t know if it’s my education up until now, my upbringing, or Mexican representation in the media, but I somehow always thought of Mexico as a big old desert with lots of cacti and sand and ponchos. I believe this is in part due to the media’s repr…

Posted in Blogs | Tagged with mexican representation, Mexico, modernity, technology

Week 7 – Modernity

What was most impressive to me this week was the power that was given to the one article by the journalist, James Creelman, after his interview with Porfirio Diaz. Written in 1908, just two years before the Mexican Revolution, Creelman … Continue reading →

Posted in Blogs, Week 7 | Tagged with Creelman, democracy, Diaz, Mexico, modernity, revolution

Week 7 – Export Boom as Modernity

In Dawson’s reading this week, we read about how stability is subjective. That, stability & order for one group, may, in fact, be instability for another. Or, stability at one level, may be instability at another level (ie. national centres … Continue reading →

Posted in Blogs, Week 7 | Tagged with Diaz, elitism, intersectionality, Mexico, modernity, modernization, profirio diaz, Stability

Week 7 – The Export Boom as Modernity

Unfortunately, this week I was not very inspired by the subject that we discussed because it seems to be all too similar to what we have now happening in our world. Dawson explains how Latin America had resources that were desired by the big ‘World Powers’ and just by looking at Latin American countries today, […]

Posted in Blogs, Week 7 | Tagged with development, exploitation, Mexico, modernity

Week 7 – The Export Boom as Modernity

Unfortunately, this week I was not very inspired by the subject that we discussed because it seems to be all too similar to what we have now happening in our world. Dawson explains how Latin America had resources that were desired by the big ‘World Powers’ and just by looking at Latin American countries today, […]

Posted in Blogs, Week 7 | Tagged with development, exploitation, Mexico, modernity

Week 7: The Export Boom as Modernity

This topic of the export boom and modernity is definitely a topic whose tone changes depending on who’s telling the story. A Mexican elite, a new factory worker, or an American investor might’ve spoken highly of Díaz’s presidency. On the other hand, these new benefits were only possible from the exploitation of so many who […]

Posted in Blogs, Week 7 | Tagged with Diaz, export boom, industrialization, James Creelman, modernity

Week Seven

Alexander Dawson, a history professor at the Simon Fraser University considers modernity to be a concept with four different elements: Innovation: societies that are constantly innovating will, by default, be constantly improving. Emancipation: modern societies are continuously becoming freer, slavery … Continue reading →

Posted in Blogs | Tagged with James Creelman, Mexico, modernity, Porfirio Díaz, Secularization

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