User:Shivamsaran/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
I am evaluating the following article: Hacienda

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
I chose this article for an article evaluation assignment in my Latinx Literature class. I specifically chose to look at an article about Hacienda, because it is very pertinent to the course material that we are going over in class. In particular, Haciendas are something that are very integral to Latinx history and culture, as they have been prevalent in many countries within the Spanish empire including Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, and Peru.

Evaluate the article
Overall, this article is very well done. It has a solid lead section, giving a brief but detailed overview of what haciendas are and how they operated. It gives examples of different systems based on different locations, which helps give the readers a deeper understanding of the breadth of haciendas. It also dives into the origin of them, explaining the come-about of haciendas. It uses a great variety of sources, that show different perspectives and draw information from many different outlets. This helps add to the credibility of the article. For the available links, most of them appear to work, though there are many sources that are not linked in the first place, which is one fault. The overall tone of the article seems very objective and straightforward. There doesn't seem to be a bias in the way that haciendas are interpreted. The content of the article is well-versed at describing haciendas at a more in-depth level and even has some long paragraphs about key haciendas in the past. The article could possibly be improved by adding more links to all the sources used and by adding more content to different aspects of haciendas. Overall though, it is a great article.