Barbed Wire: A Political History - Brossura

Razac, Olivier

Brossura

ISBN 10: 1565848128 ISBN 13: 9781565848122

Casa editrice: New Pr, 2003

Riassunto

No less than the internal combustion engine, the transistor, or the silicon chip, barbed wire is a quintessentially modern invention, a product that has influenced the lives of millions of people across the globe since its invention in the late nineteenth century. Now in paperback, Barbed Wire: A Political History demonstrates that the invention of barbed wire was a major breakthrough with far-reaching consequences. Cheap and mass-produced, barbed wire accomplished what no other product did before it, or has since done more effectively: the control of vast amounts of open space.

Razac describes how barbed wire has been employed in the harnessing of nature, brutal mass warfare, political conquest and repression, and genocide. In a narrative that spans the history of the American frontier, the trenches of World War I, the Holocaust, and beyond, Barbed Wire: A Political History looks unflinchingly at a central and fascinating strand of modern life.

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Recensione

"Razac writes with a cool precision that matches the sharp sting of his subject."
—The Christian Science Monitor

"A fascinating read. . . . No one who reads Barbed Wire will look at this stuff the same way again."
—Salon

"[Razac] proves himself the poet of barbed wire. . . . An important, accessible and even beautiful study of this deadly instrument."
—St. Petersburg Times

Product Description

Book by Razac Olivier

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: New Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2003
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1565848128
• ISBN 13: 9781565848122
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 144
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: non disponibile