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Week 5: Drugs

I found Alison Spedding’s article “The Cultural Life of Coca” incredibly interesting. I didn’t realise that there was a cultural significance behind growing coca, I thought it was only a way to earn money. I found the symbolism behind the coca plant so beautiful and meaningful. It started to feel more personal to me sinceContinue reading “Week 5: Drugs”

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Week 8: Signs of Crisis in a Gilded Age

This week, I found Rúben Darío’s poem “To Roosevelt” to be especially significant in regards to relations between Latin America and the United States. One thing I should point out about myself is that I’m pretty terrible at analysing poetry, so I apologise in advance 🙂 As Dawson puts it, “he [Darío] used this poemContinue reading “Week 8: Signs of Crisis in a Gilded Age”

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Short Research and Writing Assignment – 1st source

The first I would to summarize and discuss is an lecture on Haiti released on January 2nd of 1893 from the book “Haiti: A Slave Revolution”, which was released a 2004 and is a collection of essays, lectures, or all around academic look into the history of Haiti 200 years after they revolted and became […]

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Short Research and Writing Assignment – 1st source

The first I would to summarize and discuss is an lecture on Haiti released on January 2nd of 1893 from the book “Haiti: A Slave Revolution”, which was released a 2004 and is a collection of essays, lectures, or all around academic look into the history of Haiti 200 years after they revolted and became […]

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