· Barbed wire is the quintessentially modern creation. Its hidden history is here uncovered for the first time, illustrated with rare archive photographs. Few technologies did more to usher in the hallmarks of the modern era: the harnessing of nature, brutal mass warfare, political conquest and repression, and genocide. Developed in the USA as a handy way of keeping cattle 'in' and native. · Now, barbed wire can be added to the list. Olivier Razac, a Ph.D. candidate in philosophy at the University of Paris, has written a short history of the metal fencing and how it's Author: Damien Cave. · Barbed Wire: A Political History by Olivier Razac, Jonathan Kneight (Translator) | Editorial Reviews. Paperback $ Ship This Item — Qualifies for Free Shipping Buy Online, Pick up in Store Check Availability at Nearby Stores. Sign in to Purchase Instantly.
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. As observed in Barbed Wire: A Political History by Olivier Razac (), barbed wire "produces a kind of shock when it is used to enclose people, shaking their certitude that they are human. It confirms their fate: like beasts, they are to be worked or slaughtered.". Olivier Razac, (translated by Jonathan Kneight), Barbed Wire: A History, Profile Books, pages, ISBN 8, £ In this concise and copiously illustrated, postcard-sized book French philosopher Olivier Razac has produced an absorbing and thoroughly invigorating history of the 'devil's rope.'.
Barbed Wire: A Political History: Author: Olivier Razac: Edition: illustrated: Publisher: New Press, ISBN: , Length: pages: Export Citation: BiBTeX EndNote RefMan. A political and cultural history of barbed wire. Razac focuses on focuses on the use of barbed wire in three crucial aspects of modern history: by American ranchers during the mid/late s to both parcel up land for private use and end the roaming ways of Native Americans; as an effective killer in the defensive stalemates of World War One; and lastly that of the concentration camps of World War Two. "Barbed Wire: A Political History" by Olivier Razac Here's how a simple twist of spiked metal ravaged the American West, crucified a generation of young men and terrorized millions of Europeans.
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