Cowboys, Ranchers and the Cattle Business
Cross-Border Perspectives on Ranching History
Will be published approx. on 30. May 2000
Book
Paperback/Softback
978-1-55238-019-2 (ISBN)
Description
Cowboys, Ranchers and the Cattle Business is an easily accessible and comprehensive summary of current studies on the Canadian ranching frontier. This collection of essays provides an excellent perspective on the latest developments in the historiography of the range, drawing from topics such as Wild West shows, artistic depictions of the cowboy, and the economic and practical aspects of early cattle ranching. The essays anthologized here fall into three general areas: the working cowboy, the performing cowboy and the imaginary cowboy. The academics, ranchers, poets and cowboys who authored them hail from backgrounds as diverse as history, geography, political science, and literature.
Cowboys, Ranchers and the Cattle Business makes an important contribution to the study of the ranching frontier and will continue to be of value to researchers and readers of western history, plains studies, and historical geography.
Cowboys, Ranchers and the Cattle Business makes an important contribution to the study of the ranching frontier and will continue to be of value to researchers and readers of western history, plains studies, and historical geography.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Calgary
Canada
Illustrations
8 colour plates, 48 black & white illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 228 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 16 mm
Weight
417 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-55238-019-2 (9781552380192)
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Person
Sarah Carter teaches history at the Univerisity of Alberta. Bill Yeo has retired from his position as Senior Historian and Chief of Historical and Archaeological Research for Parks Canada. Simon Evans is a professor of geography at the Memorial University of Newfoundland. Simon Evans is a professor of geography at the Memorial University of Newfoundland. Sarah Carter teaches history at the Univerisity of Alberta. Bill Yeo has retired from his position as Senior Historian and Chief of Historical and Archaeological Research for Parks Canada. Henry C. Klassen taught history for many years at the University of Calgary. His academic pursuits centred around the study of Canadian business and financial history. His book, A Business History of Alberta, was shortlisted for the Scholarly Book of the Year at the 2000 Alberta Book Awards. Max Foran has been working the field of western Canadian history for over thirty years and has published on various urban, rural, and cultural topics. He is currently a professor in the Department of Communication and Culture at the University of Calgary.