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One of the reasons I decided to take this class was because I feel that we are taught only about North America during the time of colonization in the New World. I would like to learn about colonization in Latin […]

August 30, 2019

Today’s class began with Tabitha’s LA in the News presentation. Her topic was the recent announcement made by members of FARC (Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia or Revolutionary Armed […]

Latin America is one of those areas of the world that I have encountered multiple times throughout my life, but have never understood well. As a history major, my focus has mainly been in areas across the […]

As a Theatre major in a research-oriented program and with a plan to pursue directing, I am interested in learning not only the historical facts behind many of what we call “conquest narratives” in Latin American […]

Beekeepers have reported the loss of over 500 million honey bees in the short time span of three months at the beginning of the year. The speed and scale of the loss is reminiscent of colony collapse […]

Latin America holds a wide variety of history that I have not yet learned or been exposed to. I am excited to immerse myself in a new culture and land that I have not yet previously explored. I would like to learn […]

One of the major areas of Colonial Latin American History that I am interested in, and would like to learn more about throughout this semester is race relations. For example, I’m interested in learning about the h […]

The HillI am writing this at the College of Wooster in the year 2019. More specifically, I am writing this at the top of the hill behind home plate of […]

The (Nature) Walk of LifeWhen I stroll around Wooster, I often find myself wandering the paths winding through the various areas of the campus. It was until recently that […]

Tree PlaquesBetween my busy schedule and allergies, most of my observations of nature come from peering through my dorm window or walking to class. Since my […]

As per the brief discussion on this material at the beginning of class, there exists a strong and fascinating result of Bright and Geyer’s alternate historical model; the authors suggest that the  exploited […]

WaterfauxOutside of Lowry you will find a set of stairs leading to the area between Mom’s Truck Stop and the Scot Center. Directly to the left of those […]

What really intrigued me in particular was the idea of a redivision of impoverishment. That is, poverty becoming more concentrated in cities instead of the countryside. Having taken classes in urban studies […]

Bright and Geyer argue that the great divergence “does not project well to the end of the century” (295) as countries all over the world created their own “modern” societies by adopting some western practices and […]

I believe that in most ways the world in becoming more globalized. As times progresses it seems that countries are starting to work together and help each other get through things. But on the other hand I also […]

On page 295, Bright and Geyer comment that, “the ‘great divergence’…does not project well to the end of the century,” then follow immediately with the statement that, “narratives of a ‘great convergence’…have […]

The in Bright and Gayer article the authors dicuss how after the 1800s there was a change refered to as “The Great Divergence” during these period certain parts of theworld begane having succesful […]