{"product_id":"the-devils-rope-a-cultural-history-of-barbed-wire","title":"The Devil's Rope: A Cultural History of Barbed Wire","description":"While barbed wire has always cut across property, war and politics as a tool of control, it has other histories, constructed through image and text in the arts, media and popular culture, which have never before been examined. Invented in France in 1860 and welcomed by the frontier farmers of America, the menacing qualities of barbed wire became evident in the Boer War, the barbed wire no-man's-land of World War I, and the Nazi concentration camps of World War II. Barbed wire became synonymous with repression. In the art of the late-twentieth century, its ambivalent character has made barbed wire the perfect symbol of post-modernity. Alan Krell's amazing story investigates the place barbed wire holds in the social imagination.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 186189144X\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: PKV.186189144X.A\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Acceptable\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Krell, Alan\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: It's been through some chapters of life! Expect visible wear—creases, notes, highlights, maybe even a splash of water here and there. Perfect for readers who love a book with history.  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Aspen Book Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52561881760031,"sku":"PKV.186189144X.A","price":11.56,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0894\/0470\/3007\/files\/186189144X-0.jpg?v=1779471228","url":"https:\/\/www.aspenbookco.com\/products\/the-devils-rope-a-cultural-history-of-barbed-wire","provider":"Aspen Book Company","version":"1.0","type":"link"}