This weeks content focused on the idea of modernity Latin American. Modernity in Latin America and a difficult concept that continues to be debated today. As such a broad idea, it seems to tie into many subjects that we have covered so far in this course. It can be thought of in the context of […]
Posted in Blogs, Week 7 | Tagged with democracy, dictator, Mexico, modernization, Porfirio Díaz, Railroads, revolution
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
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
Modernity came to Latin America tied to two basic principles: Order, and Progress. With order came progress, and with progress came modernity. Modernity was closely tied to capitalism, growth of the gross domestic product (GDP), increased foreign investment, and paying off national debt. Modernization meant having street-lamps, railways, automobiles, and flight, among other similar things. […]
Posted in Blogs, Week 7 | Tagged with Mexico, modernity, Order and Progress, Porfirio Díaz
