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Wires That Bind : Nation, Region, and Technology in the Southwestern United States, 1854-1920 / Torsten Kathke.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: American studies (Transcript (Firm)) ; 20.Publisher: Bielefeld : transcript Verlag, [2017]Copyright date: �2017Description: 1 online resourceContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9783839437902
  • 3839437903
Other title:
  • Nation, region, and technology in the Southwestern United States, 1854-1920
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Wires that bind.DDC classification:
  • 973 23
LOC classification:
  • HC107.A165
Online resources:
Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Into the Fray -- 2. The Perennial Periphery -- 3. Communication Nation -- 4. Transitions -- 5. Places -- 6. Laws of the Land -- Conclusion -- Bibliography & Sources
Summary: 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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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Into the Fray -- 2. The Perennial Periphery -- 3. Communication Nation -- 4. Transitions -- 5. Places -- 6. Laws of the Land -- Conclusion -- Bibliography & Sources

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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