Barbed Wire: A History - Couverture rigide

Razac, Oliver

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1861974558 ISBN 13 : 9781861974556

Editeur : Profile Books Ltd, 2002

Synopsis

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 Americans 'out', it realized its destiny in the trench warfare of 1914-18 and in the camp archipelagos of the world, from the Boer War to Auschwitz, from Gulag to Guantanamo.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Olivier Razac is pursuing a doctoral degree in philosophy at the University of Paris. He regularly publishes articles on political philosophy in French journals. He lives in Lyons, France.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Profile Books Ltd
• Date d'édition: 2002
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1861974558
• ISBN 13: 9781861974556
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 160
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible