The perfect fence : untangling the meanings of barbed wire /

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Barbed wire is made of two strands of galvanized steel wire twisted together for strength and to hold sharp barbs in place. As creative advertisers sought ways to make an inherently dangerous product attractive to customers concerned about the welfare of their livestock, and as barbed wire became co...

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Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Authors: Bennett, Lyn Ellen (Author), Abbott, Scott H. (Author)
Format: Government Document Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: College Station : Texas A & M University Press, [2017]
Edition:First edition.
Series:Connecting the greater west series.
Subjects:
1800-1899
Wire fencing > United States > History > 19th century.
Barbed wire > History > 19th century.
Metaphor in literature.
American fiction > 19th century > Themes, motives.
Wire fencing > History > 19th century.
Grillages (Clôtures) > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Barbelé > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Métaphore dans la littérature.
Roman américain > 19e siècle > Thèmes, motifs.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > Southwest (AZ, NM, OK, TX)
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY)
American fiction > Themes, motives
Barbed wire
Manners and customs
Metaphor in literature
Wire fencing
West (U.S.) > Social life and customs > 19th century.
West (U.S.) > History > 1860-1890.
États-Unis (Ouest) > Histoire > 1860-1890.
United States
West United States
Electronic books.
History
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