In 1904, the El Paso Herald called for “a barb wire fence along our side of the Rio Grande” to keep out “undesirable aliens.” The newspaper wasn’t referring to Mexicans, but to Chinese immigrants, ...

This did not mean that the company was trading with the enemy. Allentown Barb Wire, by then a subsidiary of U.S Steel known as the American Steel and Wire Company, had been around since the 1880s and ...

Drive down just about any country road and you’ll see it. You may have never thought it would be worthy of a large museum, but then again, you probably never imagined this had such a long and storied ...

Barbed wire is something we all know, and perhaps use on a regular basis. the history behind this 'devil's rope' is an interesting one. It certainly changed the world. My videos tend to get ...

Glidden was an American farmer originally from Charlestown, New Hampshire. After growing up in Clarendon, New York, and finishing school, he returned to his father’s farm to work, according to ...

Constructing the meaning of barbed wire in late nineteenth-century America -- "Infernal machines": debating the meaning of barbed wire fences in the media -- "Secure and safe alike": legislative ...

"Barbed wire excludes and includes. Its function is always to magnify the difference between the inside and the outside," writes historian and philosopher Razac in his brief but startling study of an ...

The halls inside Texas A&M University’s Department of Rangeland, Wildlife and Fisheries Management are being adorned with displays showcasing historical strands of barbed wire meant to connect ...

For Lynn Hawkins, the bumper sticker on his pickup truck says it all: “Get Hooked On Barbed Wire.” Hawkins, of rural Sturgis, has been hooked on collecting all types of barbed wire – and its history – ...

In a powerful new talk in Tokyo, Star Trek legend George Takei revisits his childhood behind barbed wire in U.S. World War II incarceration camps, honors the Japanese American soldiers of the 442nd, ...

Citations: Bernstein, Shana B.. 2019. Book review, Nature Behind Barbed Wire: an Environmental History of the Japanese American Incarceration. Immigration and Ethnic History.

There is an old adage that says, “Change begins at the ballot box,” which could not be further from the truth. Change begins with human ingenuity, which affects how we live our lives, which — at some ...