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

This weeks reading raised a question which I often ask myself and others: has globalization been more beneficial or detrimental to the world? From this week’s readings, globalization came to Latin America in the form of aid and modernization with its intention set within a capitalistic agenda. But this is nothing new to Latin Americans […]

Posted in Blogs, Week 9 | Tagged with combat, conformity, hegemonic, intersubjectivity, modernization, spirituality

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

This weeks reading raised a question which I often ask myself and others: has globalization been more beneficial or detrimental to the world? From this week’s readings, globalization came to Latin America in the form of aid and modernization with its intention set within a capitalistic agenda. But this is nothing new to Latin Americans […]

Posted in Blogs, Week 9 | Tagged with combat, conformity, hegemonic, intersubjectivity, modernization, spirituality

An analysis of “The Silent War”

This week’s topic on the relationship between the United States and Latin America, at times benevolent and at times clearly…

Posted in Blogs, Week 9 | Tagged with asymmetrical, modernization, propaganda, The Silent War, underdeveloped, vaccine, white man's burden, Yellow Fever

Superficial Modernity

This weeks theme of modernization closely relates to what I have been studying for a sociology class on development and…

Posted in Blogs, Week 7 | Tagged with abortion rights, deforestation, exclusionary, modernization, nature, ordem e progresso, Order and Progress, project, secularism, traditional Brazilian family

Modernity and Modernization in Mexico

Modernity and Modernization in Mexico

A conversation with Alec Dawson

Posted in Interview Videos, Week 7 Videos | Tagged with Alec Dawson, C19th, C20th, Mexico, modernity, modernization, Porfirio Díaz

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

7. The Export Boom as Modernity

7. The Export Boom as Modernity

week 7 lecture (video)

Posted in Lecture Videos, Week 7 Lecture | Tagged with Bolivia, C19th, C20th, civilization, dependency theory, economics, history, Mexico, modernity, modernization, Porfirio Díaz, Potosí, teleology

Modernizing Mexico

While watching this weeks video I found myself interested by the suggestions that the appearance of modernity and true modernization are two very different things. I think when most of us imagine a modern society we do think of outward … Continue reading →

Posted in Blogs, Week 7 | Tagged with emancipation, Mexico, modernization, progress

Week 7: The Export Boom alongside Antidemocratic Enlightenment

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”

Posted in Blogs, Week 7 | Tagged with export boom, latin america, modernization, week7

Week 7

This week’s lecture was one of the most interesting ones for me. During my childhood I was taught about Porfirio Diaz and his “iron fist” rule through school. However, when I think of Mexico at that time my mind immediately goes to the Mexican Revolution. Looking back on it now, it seems very logical that […]

Posted in Blogs | Tagged with innovation, modernization, Porfirio Díaz, revolution

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