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Wires That Bind Nation, Region, and Technology in the Southwestern United States, 1854-1920 Torsten Kathke
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kathke, Torsten <p>Torsten Kathke, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Germany</p>, Author.
- Series:
- American studies (Transcript (Firm)) ; Volume 20.
- American Culture Studies
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- History.
- Media.
- United States.
- Southwest.
- Telegraphy.
- Communication.
- USA.
- Railroads.
- Power Relations.
- 19th Century.
- 20th Century.
- Mesilla.
- Political Power.
- Economic Power.
- US Economy.
- Federal Government.
- Cultural History.
- America.
- American History.
- American Studies.
- Local Subjects:
- History.
- Media.
- United States.
- Southwest.
- Telegraphy.
- Communication.
- USA.
- Railroads.
- Power Relations.
- 19th Century.
- 20th Century.
- Mesilla.
- Political Power.
- Economic Power.
- US Economy.
- Federal Government.
- Cultural History.
- America.
- American History.
- American Studies.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (293 pages).
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Other Title:
- Kathke, Wires That Bind Nation, Region, and Technology in the Southwestern United States, 1854-1920
- Place of Publication:
- Bielefeld transcript Verlag 2017
- Language Note:
- In English.
- Biography/History:
- Torsten Kathke is a lecturer at the Obama Institute for Transnational American Studies at Johannes Gutenberg University in Mainz and an adjunct lecturer in the department of history at the University of Cologne. He is an associated member of the research group "Economization of the Social" at the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies.
- Summary:
- 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. Torsten Kathke illustrates how the changes these technologies wrought everywhere could be seen at a much accelerated pace here. A local Hispano elite was replaced first by a Hispano-Anglo one, and finally a nationally oriented Anglo elite. As various groups tried to gain, hold, and defend power, the region became bound ever closer to the US economy and to the federal government.
- »A reader looking for a cultural study of the Mesilla will be greatly rewarded by Kathkes effort.«
- »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.«
- Besprochen in:Technikgeschichte, 57/2 (2020), Amelia Bonea
- Contents:
- Frontmatter 1 Contents 5 Acknowledgments 7 Introduction 11 1. Into the Fray 23 2. The Perennial Periphery 51 3. Communication Nation 83 4. Transitions 131 5. Places 161 6. Laws of the Land 209 Conclusion 247 Bibliography & Sources 257
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 9783839437902
- 3839437903
- OCLC:
- 1004872449
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