Cowboys, gentlemen & cattle thieves : ranching on the western frontier / / Warren M. Elofson
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| Autore: |
Elofson W. M
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| Titolo: |
Cowboys, gentlemen & cattle thieves : ranching on the western frontier / / Warren M. Elofson
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| Pubblicazione: | Montreal ; ; 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 |
| Altri titoli varianti: | Cowboys, gentlemen, and cattle thieves |
| 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.: | 9910821427103321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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