This weeks material focused on crisis facing Latin America at the beginning of the 20th century, with a particular focus on Mexico and the Mexican Revolution. The Mexican revolution is really interesting to me because it seems to still play a role in Mexican politics and society. As Dawson mentions in the video the Plan […]
Posted in Blogs, Week 8 | Tagged with EZLN, Mexico, NAFTA, pancho villa, Plan de Ayala, revolution, Zapata
This weeks material focused on crisis facing Latin America at the beginning of the 20th century, with a particular focus on Mexico and the Mexican Revolution. The Mexican revolution is really interesting to me because it seems to still play a role in Mexican politics and society. As Dawson mentions in the video the Plan […]
Posted in Blogs, Week 8 | Tagged with EZLN, Mexico, NAFTA, pancho villa, Plan de Ayala, revolution, Zapata
This week we discussed the Mexican Revolution and the “Plan de Ayala.” The revolution is a concept I was already familiar with so it was easy to follow what the video was saying about a complex topic like the Mexican revolution. In school I was taught the Mexican revolution was one of few where entire […]
Posted in Blogs | Tagged with guerrilla, Mexico, pancho villa, Plan de Ayala, revolution
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, […]
Posted in Blogs, Week 8 | Tagged with export boom, fragmentary society, Mexican Revolution, pancho villa, Zapata
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, […]
Posted in Blogs, Week 8 | Tagged with export boom, fragmentary society, Mexican Revolution, pancho villa, Zapata
