Wires That Bind – Nation, Region, and Technology in the Southwestern United States, 1854–1920
"A reader looking for a cultural study of the Mesilla will be greatly rewarded by Kathkes effort." -- Bryant Macfarlane, https://networks.h-net.org, 11 (2020)
The arrival of telegraphy and railroads changed power relations throughout the world in the nineteenth century. In the Mesilla region of the American Southwest, it contributed to two distinct and rapid shifts in political and economic power from the 1850s to the 1920s. Les mer
Detaljer
- Forlag
- Transcript Verlag
- Innbinding
- Paperback
- Språk
- Engelsk
- ISBN
- 9783837637908
- Utgivelsesår
- 2021
- Format
- 23 x 15 cm
Anmeldelser
"A reader looking for a cultural study of the Mesilla will be greatly rewarded by Kathkes effort." -- Bryant Macfarlane, https://networks.h-net.org, 11 (2020)
"Kathkes focus on issues of cultural amalgamation, law, and government action in the Mesilla makes for a highly useful study if not for readers primarily concerned with the history of technology for those interested in the American Southwest, borderlands studies, and U.S. colonialism." Casey P. Cater, Technology and Culture, 62/4 (2021)