Research Catalog

Title

Ranching west of the 100th meridian : culture, ecology, and economics / edited by Richard L. Knight, Wendell C. Gilgert, Ed Marston.

Publication

Washington, DC : Island Press, c2002.

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Additional Authors

• Knight, Richard L.
• Gilgert, Wendell C.
• Marston, Ed.

Description

xviii, 259 p. : ill.; 24 cm.

Subject

Ranching > West (U.S.)

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Contents

Part One. Introduction -- Rafael Quijada, Sierra Madre, Sonora, Mexico / Drummond Hadley -- Ranching: an old way of life in the New West / Paul F. Starrs -- Lay of the land: ranch land and ranching / Martha J. Sullins ... [et al.] -- Part Two. The culture of ranching -- Alma di mi Alma / Drummond Hadley -- Colors and words / Bob Budd -- No place like home / Linda M. Hasselstrom -- Intimate look at the heart of the radical center / Page Lambert -- End of the trail: ranching transformation on the Pacific slope / Lynn Huntsinger -- Perceptions of ranching: public views, personal reflections / Mark Brunson, George Wallace -- Part Three. The ecology of ranching -- Work / Drummond Hadley -- Shades of gray / Bob Budd -- Ecology of ranching / Richard L. Knight -- Cows and creeks: can they get along? / Steve Leonard, Wayne Elmore -- Re-creating the West ... one decision at a time / Allan Savory -- Part Four. The economics of ranching -- Our land in the belly of the beast / Drummond Hadley -- Blue birds and black cows / Bob Budd -- Making a living in the age of Wal-Mart / Tom Field -- Economic survival of Western ranching: searching for answers / Larry D. Butler -- Saving the family ranch: new directions / Ben Alexander, Luther Propst -- Cloudy sky over the range: whose home and why it matters / W. William Weeks -- Part Five. Epilogue -- Going to buy heifers: the death of Jesse Parker / Drummond Hadley -- Why this book matters / Ed Marston.

Call Number

JBE 05-1152

ISBN

• 1559638265 (cloth : alk. paper)
• 1559638273 (paper : alk. paper)

LCCN

2001006931

OCLC

48391132

Title

Ranching west of the 100th meridian : culture, ecology, and economics / edited by Richard L. Knight, Wendell C. Gilgert, Ed Marston.

Imprint

Washington, DC : Island Press, c2002.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references.

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Added Author

Knight, Richard L.

Gilgert, Wendell C.

Marston, Ed.

Research Call Number

JBE 05-1152