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Week 8: Signs of Crisis in the Gilded Age

            For this weeks discussion I would like to discuss teh poem, To Roosevelt since I find it so intriguing.  First of all I love all the insightful historical references within this poem. There were many a times where I had to google what the poem was referencing to. I had to look up whoContinue reading “Week 8: Signs of Crisis in the Gilded Age”

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Week Eight: Signs of Crisis in a Gilded Age

I would like to focus this week’s blog post on Rubén Dario’s poem titled “To Roosevelt” and the meaning behind it. Even during the “modernization” of Latin America, countries depended on their relationship with the United States to further progress their nations. For an exchange of exporting valuable resources and goods, America would provide up […]

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Week 8 – Signs of Crisis in a Gilded Age

In the lecture video for this week, “ Signs of Crisis in a Gilded Age” professor John talked about the…

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Week 8: Signs of Crisis in a Gilded Age

This week’s topic asked the question: given that modernity and the export boom were coming (in all its superficial, gilded glory), what would be the cost for Latin American countries? One element seems to have been almost a positive feedback loop – new technologies introduced by modernity (railroads, telegraphs) lead to more upheaval in Latin […]

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