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“Overthrow of the Dictatorial Elements”: The Goals of the Mexican Revolution

An example of how states around the world challenged the existing political and economic order at the start of the twentieth century.

Bram Hubbell
Bram Hubbell
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“Overthrow of the Dictatorial Elements”: The Goals of the Mexican Revolution

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World historians sometimes start the twentieth century in 1914 with the beginning of the First World War. This tendency is another of the many Eurocentric legacies that have shaped world history. I was part of the AP World History curriculum committee in 2009. When we redesigned the curriculum, we started the twentieth century in 1900, and we made sure to highlight the different revolutions taking place around the world in the first decade of the twentieth century.

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