HIST 274 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Scientific Racism, Dependency Theory, Modernization Theory
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Foundation of future relations between u. s. and other countries. Foundation of the u. s, as a super power . Pushed the u. s. closer to civil war. Caudillos key political figure in post independence decades (1830-1860) Lower social and popular groups seen as irrational, backward, barbaric, anti-modern, anti-democratic, anti-urban, anti-civilization, anti-progress . Material and economic explanation, very rational behavior. Recent studies analyzing the relationship between leader and follower - the problem is in the eye of the beholder. Ties to political parties as a form of political identification.
