HIST 8B Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Music Of Latin America, Patagonia
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Has african roots like most latin american music. Ending with liberation of peru in 1824: 1825-1860. Forced to ally with popular groups; without support, elites couldn"t rule. Elites also try popular sovereignty, representative gov, expanding male vote . Things we tend to associate with western europe. Freedom of press, thousands of new newspapers come out. Discuss things critical to politics: 1860-1880. Gradually elites gain more power, popular groups are subjugated. Nation states rapidly consolidate at expense of indigenous groups: 1880-1930. Time period when people identified themselves as mexicans, bolivians, argentinians, etc . Indigenous autonomous political organizations are defeated throughout the continent. Indigenous people displaced and give way to commercial operations. Liberalism becomes the norm (politically and economically) People who advocate for this become more authoritarian. Becomes an ideology that justified anti-democratic policies in the name of progress, private property, commercial expansion. By late 1870s-80s foreign capital is more welcomed, easily incorporated. People could invest in latin american corporations (mining)
