Wires That Bind - Nation, Region, and Technology in the Southwestern United States, 1854-1920

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.

Info autore

Torsten Kathke is a member of the research group "Economization of the Social" at the Max-Planck-Institute for the Study of Societies in Cologne. He teaches history at the University of Cologne.

Relazione

»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) 20201105

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Torsten Kathke
• Editore: Transcript
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 01.07.2017
• EAN: 9783837637908
• ISBN: 978-3-8376-3790-8
• Pagine: 292
• Dimensioni: 164 mm x 228 mm x 20 mm
• Peso: 486 g
• Illustrazioni: 7 SW-Abb.
• Serie: American Culture Studies; American Culture Studies; American Culture Studies (COL)
• Categorie: Saggistica > Storia > Altro; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Scienze umane, tematiche generali