| Wires That Bind: Nation, Region, and Technology in the Southwestern United States, 1854-1920 Contributor(s): Kathke, Torsten (Author) |
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ISBN: 3837637905 ISBN-13: 9783837637908 Publisher: Transcript Publishing OUR PRICE: $44.55 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 2017 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Social History - Literary Criticism | American - General - History | United States - 19th Century |
| Series: American Culture Studies |
| Physical Information: 1" H x 5.9" W x 8.9" (1.00 lbs) 312 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 19th Century - Cultural Region - Southwest U.S. |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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, that region became bound ever closer to the US economy and to the federal government. |