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Wires That Bind: Nation, Region, and Technology in the Southwestern United States, 1854–1920 (2017)

Transcript Verlag

ISBN: 9783837637908

Publication Date: 2017
Edition Details: Book Series: American culture studies, volume 20
Physical Details: 289
Language: English

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Technology and politics Hispanic Americans Technology Communication Telegraphs; telephones 20th century, early 19th century Western states (U.S.) United States

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.

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Review Casey P. Cater (October 2021) Review of "Wires That Bind: Nation, Region, and Technology in the Southwestern United States, 1854–1920". Technology and Culture (pp. 1270-1271). unapi

Review Jeremy Vetter (Autumn 2018) Review of "Wires That Bind: Nation, Region, and Technology in the Southwestern United States, 1854–1920". Business History Review (pp. 577-579). unapi

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