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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 […]

Posted in Blogs, Week 8 | Tagged with Canudos, complex, cosmic, Dario, fantasy, Gold, gun, joy, Roosevelt, simple, telegraph, Vasconcelos

Smoke and Mirrors

This week I felt slightly caught up in what seemed to be a never ending cycle of revolution. Listening to…

Posted in Blogs, Week 8 | Tagged with La Raza Cosmica, Leadership, madero, Mexican Revolution, Vasconcelos

Smoke and Mirrors

This week I felt slightly caught up in what seemed to be a never ending cycle of revolution. Listening to…

Posted in Blogs, Week 8 | Tagged with La Raza Cosmica, Leadership, madero, Mexican Revolution, Vasconcelos

Week Eight

This week I found the primary source readings in the textbook showed a very particualr opinion by each author. Their topics also reflect some of the thoughts and feelings that were going in Latin America during the early 20th century. It is clear in Ruben Dario’s poem that he is not impressed with Roosevelt and … Continue reading “Week Eight”

Posted in Blogs | Tagged with Dario, Spanish America, USA, Vasconcelos

Crisis in a Gilded Age?

While it is true that early 20th century Mexico fell into economic, social, and political crises after the fall of Porfirio Diaz in 1911 I believe it is unfair to portray all of Latin America as going into crisis when only one country starts to revolt. While it is true that the Mexican Revolution started […]

Posted in Blogs, Week 8 | Tagged with False Crisis, Mexico, Raza Cosmica, Vasconcelos

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