HILA 2002 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Agustín De Iturbide, Peninsulars, Iguala
10 Apr 2017
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Keen"s latin american civilization: the forging of a rebel (p. 4) Realizes merchants within bureaucracy are all self-interested instead of communal good: british invade argentina makes him understand that spanish can"t even protect their subjects, traits of commercial class which makes it impossible for them to be independent: Very commercial minded: hence, hard to pass any measures which would not benefit the merchants. No sense of national pride narrow self interest: all are interested in their local towns and villages. Lack of character from the elites (p. 6): no notion of honor, not disciplined, completely insubordinate , liberal revolution in mexico (p. 15) Example of nation building in modern latin america: introduces individual rights and try to break barriers of formerly ethnic-class-based society. Thursday, january 26, 2017: i. e. point 10 and 21, it could, yes, hurt eventually. Institutions of government: executive, judicial, and legislative branch. National holidays: symbolizes political culture, point 23 sept 16 = independence day. State religion: roman catholicism (point 2).
