Wires That Bind

Telegraphy and railroads bound the Southwest to the United States in the nineteenth century. They forever redrew lines of race, culture and influence.

»A reader looking for a cultural study of the Mesilla will be greatly rewarded by Kathkes effort.«

»Kathkes focus on issues of cultural amalgamation, law, and government action in the Mesilla makes for a highly useful study if not for readers primarily concerned with the history of technology for those interested in the American Southwest, borderlands studies, and U.S. colonialism.«

Besprochen in:Technikgeschichte, 57/2 (2020), Amelia Bonea

»Kathkes focus on issues of cultural amalgamation, law, and government action in the Mesilla makes for a highly useful study if not for readers primarily concerned with the history of technology for those interested in the American Southwest, borderlands studies, and U.S. colonialism.«

»A reader looking for a cultural study of the Mesilla will be greatly rewarded by Kathkes effort.«