Cowboys, gentlemen & cattle thieves [[electronic resource] ] : ranching on the western frontier / / Warren M. Elofson

• Autore: Elofson W. M
• Pubblicazione: Montréal ; ; Ithaca [N.Y.], : McGill-Queen's University Press, c2000
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (222 p.)
• Disciplina: 971.2/02
• Soggetto topico: Ranch life - Prairie Provinces - History; Ranching - Prairie Provinces - History; Frontier and pioneer life - Prairie Provinces; Ranching - Provinces des Prairies - Histoire; Vie des pionniers - Provinces des Prairies
• Soggetto geografico: Prairie Provinces History; Provinces des Prairies Histoire
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [159]-196) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Front Matter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Preface -- Introduction -- The Ranching Industry: An Overview -- The Old World and the New -- Frontiersmanship -- Nature’s Fury -- Two-Legged Predators -- The Evolution of Technique -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Prostitution, gunfights, barroom brawls and cattle rustling - while prevailing images from the American old West - have typically been absent from histories of the Canadian frontier. In Cowboys, Gentlemen, and Cattle Thieves Warren Elofson demonstrates th
• Titolo autorizzato: Cowboys, gentlemen & cattle thieves
• ISBN: 1-282-85890-4; 9786612858901; 0-7735-6873-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910783402003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II