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Barbed wire : an ecology of modernity /

"In this original book, historian and philosopher Reviel Netz explores the development of a controlling and pain-inducing technology - barbed wire. Surveying its development from 1874 to 1954, Netz describes its use to control cattle during the colonization of the American West and to control p...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Netz, Reviel
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Middletown, CT : Wesleyan University Press, ©2004.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Expansion : the American West and the invention of barbed wire. Unpacking the Louisiana Purchase ; How to fence a cow ; How to fence the world
  • Confrontation : barbed wire on the battlefield. Conquest by iron ; Crisis of the horse ; Perfection of the obstacle ; The obstacle triumphant
  • Containment : barbed wire in the concentration camps. The control of nations ; Enemy people ; Tractors to Ukraine ; Trains to Auschwitz.