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The book delves into the historical significance of barbed wire as a tool for control and oppression, tracing its evolution from 1874 to 1954. Reviel Netz examines its dual role in managing livestock during the American West's colonization and as a means of confinement in Nazi concentration camps and the Russian Gulag. The narrative highlights how barbed wire transformed the concept of physical control over space from a mere symbol to a tangible instrument of power and suffering.
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Barbed Wire, Reviel Netz
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- Released
- 2009
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- Title
- Barbed Wire
- Subtitle
- An Ecology of Modernity
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Reviel Netz
- Publisher
- Wesleyan University Press
- Released
- 2009
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 288
- ISBN13
- 9780819569592
- Category
- History, Philosophy
- Description
- The book delves into the historical significance of barbed wire as a tool for control and oppression, tracing its evolution from 1874 to 1954. Reviel Netz examines its dual role in managing livestock during the American West's colonization and as a means of confinement in Nazi concentration camps and the Russian Gulag. The narrative highlights how barbed wire transformed the concept of physical control over space from a mere symbol to a tangible instrument of power and suffering.