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Let the cowboy ride : cattle ranching in the American West
- Title
- Let the cowboy ride : cattle ranching in the American West / Paul F. Starrs.
- Author
- Starrs, Paul F.
- Publication
- Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, c1998.
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | IW 03-3470 | Schwarzman Building - Milstein Division Room 121 |
Details
- Description
- xx, 356 p. : ill., maps; 26 cm.
- Series Statement
- Creating the North American landscape
- Subject
- Ranching > West (U.S.)
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [327]-346) and index.
- Contents
- pt. 1. The legacy of ranching and rangeland -- 1. For what came ye into this wilderness -- 2. Rival claims on ranching -- 3. Land policy and the American way -- 4. Ranching frontiers and the Federal government -- pt. 2. Ranch country -- 5. Rio Arriba County, New Mexico : commons grazing, federal force -- 6. Deaf Smith County, Texas : the state's own land business -- 7. Cherry County, Nebraska : red cows, tall grass, and hand-crafted law -- 8. Sheridan County, Wyoming : the intricate constructions of the genteel rancher -- 9. Elko County, Nevada : public range, private purpose -- pt. 3. The future of ranching -- 10. Questing after continuity in a land of change -- 11. Of land and life -- 12. Ranching's realm.
- Call Number
- IW 03-3470
- ISBN
- 0801856841 (alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 97021744
- OCLC
- 37024828
- Author
- Starrs, Paul F.
- Title
- Let the cowboy ride : cattle ranching in the American West / Paul F. Starrs.
- Imprint
- Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, c1998.
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Series
- Creating the North American landscape
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [327]-346) and index.
- Research Call Number
- IW 03-3470