The Angel of Independence (aka El Ángel de la Independencia) is a victory column situated in the middle of a roundabout in Mexico City and dedicated to the Mexican Revolution of 1810. Construction on the column began in 1902 so that it would be finished in time for the centennial celebration in 1910 of Mexican independence. The monument now also includes an eternal flames and a mausoleum with the remains of heroes from the war of independence. Note the towering BANORTE building (El Banco Fuerte de México) in the background.

• Read chapters 6, 7, 8 and 10 in the Keylor textbook. Or read chapters 3, 4, 5, and 6 in the Brower etext.
• Post (or respond) your thoughts/ideas about this unit's reading and assignment in the Blackboard online discussion forum. Do not post your assignment there.
• Submit the Paragraph Two assignment.

• Take a moment and read some of my notes on

  • Decolonization
  • Democratization
  • Globalization
  • Human Rights
  • the Division of South Asia
• As I noted for unit 2, you may choose to listen to some short remarks about the two short paragraph assignments in this course as a mp3 file (The specific chapter reading assignments have changed since I first recorded these remarks so many years ago, but the remarks are still valid.).  You can also read the instructions as a txt file.

• Georg Sørensen. Democracy and Democratization
• Decolonization in Africa (Kwame Nkrumah Sekou Toure)
• Belgium and the Congo: 50 Years After Decolonization
• Joshua Cole on decolonization and the Cold War
• When Capitalism is Great and Not-so-great
• Globalization
• Hidden Face of Globalization
• The Pro's and Con's of Globalization w/former World Bank Vice President Ian Goldin
• David Icke explains Globalization in 34 seconds
• Islam, Globalization and Gende by Muna Abu Sulayman (Yale University)
• For extra credit please suggest to your instructor a relevant video for this unit of the course. Send the title of the video, the url and a brief explanation of why you find the video interesting and applicable to the material that is being studied in this unit.

• For extra credit, please suggest a relevant website for this unit of the course.  Send the title of the site, the url and a brief explanation why you find the information interesting and applicable to the material being studied this unit.