Barbed wire an ecology of modernity / Reviel Netz.

Author/creator Netz, Reviel
Format Book
Publication InfoMiddletown, CT : Wesleyan University Press, ©2004.
Descriptionxiv, 267 pages ; 23 cm
Subjects

Contents 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.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [251]-259) and index.
LCCN 2004041267
ISBN0819567191

Availability

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Joyner General Stacks TS271 .N48 2004 ✔ Available Place Hold