MMW 15 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Bourgeoisie, Liberal Democracy, Southern Agrarians
2 Jun 2018
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Lecture 13: The Mexican Revolution
❖ Introduction: The Mexican Case
• Comparative Factors:
o Ipeialist epeiee: dual ipeialis: foal epie folloed
informal economic domination eo-oloialis
▪ Lati Aeia fist ipotat eo-oloial site
▪ Mexican revolution (1910-) as first major attempt to confront
dual ipeialis i Lati Aeia
o Political ideology of nationalists: compromise between egalitarian and
liberal democratic goals
o Socio-cultural context: inequality/two tier social structure
▪ Similarities with China and India: huge agrarian economy and the
poo’s desie fo lad
❖ The Iperialist Experiece: Dual Iperialis
• Phase I: Spanish Colonial Rule (16th-18th centuries)
o Creation of Two-Tiered Society: Creoles and Indigenous Peoples
▪ From ejidos = communal farming to haciendas = plantations
▪ Creoles take ejidos and consolidate them into haciendas
▪ Structure remains in place after the Spaniards leave
o vs. long empires in India or North America
o Mexico & Peru vs. Brazil & Cuba
▪ B&C – indigenous populations are so small that they die off and
are replaced by Africa slaves
▪ M&P – retain large indigenous populations
• Legacy of Spanish Imperialism
o Vulnerability to Phase II
o Prevented formation of strong nation-states and national identity
o Gap between elites and masses in liberal democratic regimes
▪ LA: 2% of population owned most land
▪ Mexico: 1% owned 85% of land in 1910, universal male suffrage
from 1850s
o Result: politically unstable 19th century
o vs. national identity in China or India
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