SPAN 160D1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Proletariat, Mexican Liberal Party, Francisco I. Madero

• School: University of Arizona
• Department: Spanish Main
• Course: SPAN 160D1
• Professor: Edgard Ore Giron

Document Summary

Symbolically: the criollos (creoles) the children of the spaniards expel their parents from the. Americas and become the new social class of mexico (nothing changes in latin america for the next 150 years) The concept of title ownership becomes critical at the end of the 1800"s in mexico (peasants fighting for ownership of their land) 90-95% of land that could be used to produce agricultural products was owned by. Spanish philosopher valle-inclan absolute power corrupts you absolutely one president for 30 years in mexico (porfirio diaz) What caused the war in mexico: the mining situation, peasants in mexico did not own their land, exclusion owned most of capital in mexico, tried to implement a complete social change. Porfirio diaz: runs for presidency after having been president for 30 years. Causes of the mexican revolution: 30 year dictatorship of porfirio diaz, exploitation and poor treatment of workers, great disparity between rich and poor, land ownership- tierra y libertad .