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

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG Plus eBook-Package 2017
• VerfasserIn: Kathke, Torsten,
• Place / Publishing House: Bielefeld : : transcript Verlag, , [2017]; ©2017
• Year of Publication: 2017
• Language: English
• Series: American Culture Studies ; 20
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (292 p.)
• Other title: 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
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9783839437902; 9783110719543; 9783110540550; 9783110625264; 9783110547764; 9783110661545
• DOI: 10.1515/9783839437902?locatt=mode:legacy
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Torsten Kathke.

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.