FAMST 101D Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Radio Wave, Good Neighbor Policy, Emilio Azcárraga Vidaurreta
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15th largest economy, compared to india in 7th. Challenges with respect to line of sight radio transmission. Criole - born in new world, but with spanish parents. Certain amount of mobility, and over time, most people grew to identify as. State policy today is mestizaje (idea of mixture) Today mexico is 70% mestizo, 15% euro-white, 10% indigenous. 1521: spanish conquest - creation of new spain. 1840s: lost 1/2 of its land in mexican-american war. 1867: establishment of a liberal constitution as a reassertion of independence - national government. Population included influential urban elites, but most were rural peasants who were illiterate and couldn"t vote. Countryside = haciendas (large estates) or catholic church land (very little land given to peasants) Favors modernization and strong military; wants to industrialize the country. Favors foreign investment and technology from abroad to industrialize. Foreign-owned companies would come to dominate core industries in mexico. Beginning of the mexican revolution that lasted from.
