Comparing Cowboys and Frontiers (Paperback, New Ed)

Historians of the American west, perhaps inspired by NAFTA and Internet communication, are expanding their intellectual horizons across borders north and south. This collection of essays functions as a how-to guide to comparative frontier research in the American. Frontiers specialist Richard W. Slatta presents topics, techniques, and methods that will intrigue social-science professionals and western-history buffs alike as he explores the frontiers of North and South America from Spanish colonial days into the twentieth century. The always popular cowboy is joined by the fascinating gaucho, llanero, vaquero, and charro as Slatta compares their work techniques, roundups, songs, tack, lingo, equestrian culture, and vices. We visit saloons and pulperIas as well as plains pampas, and Slatta expertly compares clothing, weather, terrain, diets, alcoholic beverages, card games, and military tactics. From primary records we learn how Europeans, Native Americans, and African Americans become the ranch hands, cowmen, and buckaroos of the Americas, and why their dependence on the ranch cattle industry kept them bachelors and landless peons. Richard W. Slatta is Professor of History at North Carolina State University and the author of numerous books, including Comparing Cowboys and Frontiers. "Slatta vigorously examines the historical, cultural, and populist aspects of cowboying, paying close attention to their material culture, recreation, and working conditions. This is an enormously interesting and informative study."---Books of the Southwest

General

Imprint:	University of Oklahoma Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	November 1997
First published:	November 1997
Authors:	Richard W. Slatta
Dimensions:	216 x 140 x 21mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	340
Edition:	New Ed
ISBN-13:	978-0-8061-3384-3
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > American history > General Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Books > History > American history > General Books > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Promotions
LSN:	0-8061-3384-8
Barcode:	9780806133843

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