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Week 8: Belonging to nowhere

This weeks readings shed more light on another perspective of the development of Latin America in the early 1900s. It is interesting to read from the perspective of the people from Latin America in literary forms that exist outside the sphere of the elites. It is refreshing to try to understand history from perspectives thatContinue reading “Week 8: Belonging to nowhere”

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Week 8: The Mexican Revolution’s Full Picture; Elite and Rural Perspectives

Last week, the reading and our class discussion reviewed the positive outcomes and impressive national expansions throughout Latin America during the golden age of the export boom. The featured document, James Creelman’s interview with dictator Porfirio Diaz, presented a biased view of Diaz as a, “hero of the Americas”, and his unmorally successful modernization ofContinue reading “Week 8: The Mexican Revolution’s Full Picture; Elite and Rural Perspectives”

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