Primary Source Research Paper (Pt. I)

Guedea, Virgina. “ The Process of Mexican Independence.”  The American Historical Review, vol. 105, no. 1, Feb. 2000, pp. 116–130., https://www.jstor.org/stable/2652439 Accessed: 10-11-2019 23:27 UTC. Written by Virgina Guedea, this academic journal article chronicles Mexico’s journey towards Independence by contextually exploring the historical conflicts within and outside the nation’s borders between 1808-1821.  Guedea begins by

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 of