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Meaning of BARBED WIRE

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 Definition: [n]  strong wire with barbs at regular intervals used to prevent passage
 
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 See Also: barb, concertina, wire

 

 

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Barbed Wire
No less than the internal combustion engine, the transistor, or the silicon chip, barbed wire is the quintessentially modern creation, a product that has influenced the lives of millions of people across the globe since its invention in the late nineteenth century. In this far-ranging work of historical analysis, French historian Olivier Razac makes a major--and unexpected--addition to the list of technologies that have come to define the modern world, uncovering the hidden political history of barbed wire for the first time. Cheap and mass-produced, barbed wire accomplished what no other product did before it, or has since done more effectively: the control of vast amounts of open space. As Razac shows, few other 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. In a narrative that spans the history of the American Frontier, the trenches of World War I, the Holocaust, and beyond, BARBED WIRE looks unflinchingly at a central and fascinating thread of modern life. BARBED WIRE is illustrated with rare photographs from European and American archives.

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Dream Dictionary
 
 Definition: Dreaming of barbed wire represents difficulty in breaking through or getting your point across to someone. Dreaming that you are caught in barbed wire suggests that you are feeling trapped and restricted in some relationship. You find yourself confined to specific boundaries.
 

 

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