Telegraphy and railroads changed power relations throughout the world in the nineteenth century.
Torsten Kathke examines the Mesilla region of the American Southwest to illustrate the political and economic changes these technologies wrought, emphasizing how the region became more closely bound to the national economy and the federal government.
Transcript Verlag Wires that bind. nation, region & technology in the southwestern united states, 1854-1920, paperback/torsten kathke
