Week 12: Speaking Truth to Power
This week’s reading was fantastic, and as uplifting as it was depressing or discouraging. Similar to, I assume, many of…
The Terror
As is true with all people, I understand the world as a combination of what I have been taught by…
Short Research Project (two annotated sources)
Source 1: Miranda, Carolina A. “Casta Paintings Were Weird Racial Documents That Broke Stereotypes.” Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles Times,…
Week 10 – Power to the People
Though I was not able to quite comprehend the complete context of Evita’s speech, I found her political journey and…
Week 8: Signs of Crisis in a Gilded Age
The document that struck me the most in this week’s readings was Ruben Dario’s “To Roosevelt” poem written in 1904….
Week 9: Commerce, Coercion, and America’s Empire
I was most intrigued by this week’s reading pertaining to the UFCO and Guatemala’s specific relationship with it. I had…
Week 7 – The Export Boom as Modernity
What struck me most from this week’s reading was the extent to which Western ideas, cultures, and customs appeared to…
Week 6 – Citizenship and Rights in the New Republic
This week’s reading starts with an assertion that I find to be both insightful and true: “In theory, freedom and…
Week 5 – Caudillos vs. Nation State
This week’s topic of Caudillos surprisingly brought up thoughts of Japan, as well as thoughts of current day United States…
Week 4- Independence Narratives, Past and Present (“Letter from Jamaica”)
This week I had quite a bit of trouble comprehending the texts – perhaps in part due to the older…