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  Wires that Bind: Nation, Region, and Technology in the Southwestern United States, 1854-1920

Kathke, T. (2017). Wires that Bind: Nation, Region, and Technology in the Southwestern United States, 1854-1920. Bielefeld: Transcript.

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Kathke, Torsten1, 2, 3, Author           
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1Ökonomisierung des Sozialen und gesellschaftliche Komplexität, MPI for the Study of Societies, Max Planck Society, ou_2054289              
2Obama Institute for Transnational American Studies, Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany, ou_persistent22              
3Department of History, University of Cologne, Germany, ou_persistent22              

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 Abstract: 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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Language(s): eng - English
 Dates: 2017
 Publication Status: Issued
 Pages: 289
 Publishing info: Bielefeld : Transcript
 Table of Contents: Acknowledgments
Introduction

1. Into the Fray

2. The Perennial Periphery
Defining a Region
El Norte and the Southwest
Territories
Peripheries

3. Communication Nation
Government by Mail
Newspapers and Editors
Telegraphy, Power, and Social Capital
Organizations and Institutions

4. Transitions
At All Odds: The Hispano and Anglo-Hispano Mesilla
Anglo-Hispano to Anglo-Federal

5. Places
Yuma: Internal and External Borders
Tucson: Hub of a Waning Anglo-Hispano Elite
Deming: Hopes of a "New Chicago" Disappointed

6. Laws of the Land
The Somewhat Wild West
From the Tigris to Tubac: Spanish and US Land Law
The Pseudo-Hispanic Legacy of Southwestern Water Law
The Meaning of Mining

Conclusion
Bibliography & Sources
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 Identifiers: ISBN: 978-3-8376-3790-8
ISBN: 978-3-8394-3790-2
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Title: American Culture Studies
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