HIST 8B Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Dominican Republic
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Maps show how the world should be, how it should look like. Can be tools for powerful and not so powerful to reinforce status quo. Weapons to question that same status quo. No single map can adequately address all our needs. Known as founder of the latin american thought school of the south . Maps should be turned upside down because our (uruguayans) north is the south . Borders after independence wars weren"t given, not clear. Part of other larger process as nation building and state formation. Borders meant civilization (boundaries within where provinces were) Nations, states, borders, rather big and inconsistent in mid 19th century. From mid to late 19th century borders became more clear/set. New borders weren"t a product of natural process (people naturally found them) Usually wars, at the cost of the large population. Ex: haiti occupied dominican republic for 2 decades. These two countries remained at war for 1 more decade after haitian settlement.
