HILA 120 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Major Appliance, Laissez-Faire, Sweatshop
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Most common people were creoles- organized economic and political life of country. University of ba got thousands of students quickly. Ba became center of movie making and industrial center of country. Small scale industry based on sweatshop labor/ small amounts of people like 50-60 people. 90% of owners and 80% of laborers were foreign born. Provided appliances (white goods) for the people who were making money in the export economy. People who needed to furnish their houses/electrify their factories. Leandro alem- huge figure in radical liberal party. Layout of city mirrored paris very consciously- lots of boulevards and things radiating from certain places. Lots of the housing has classic moorish pattern- walls around central open interior. Port is a mess as ships begin to grow from sail to steam and grow in size. Just let the british build the things no biggie lets just make all the money.
