Razac, Olivier.
Barbed wire : a political history / Olivier Razac ; translated from the French by Jonathan Kneight. - New York : New Press, c2002. - x, 132 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [115]-124) and index.
Three historical landmarks -- America : fencing in the prairie -- The First World War : the trenches -- The camp -- Barbed wire and the political management of space -- A frontier between life and death -- Guard the herd and kill the beast -- Barbed wire and surveillance -- Barbed wire today.
1565848128
Concentration camps--History.
Wire obstacles--History.
Wire fencing--History.--West (U.S.)
Barbed wire--Political aspects.
TS271 / .R3913 2002
323.4/9
Barbed wire : a political history / Olivier Razac ; translated from the French by Jonathan Kneight. - New York : New Press, c2002. - x, 132 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [115]-124) and index.
Three historical landmarks -- America : fencing in the prairie -- The First World War : the trenches -- The camp -- Barbed wire and the political management of space -- A frontier between life and death -- Guard the herd and kill the beast -- Barbed wire and surveillance -- Barbed wire today.
1565848128
Concentration camps--History.
Wire obstacles--History.
Wire fencing--History.--West (U.S.)
Barbed wire--Political aspects.
TS271 / .R3913 2002
323.4/9