Research Catalog

Title

So far and yet so close : frontier cattle ranching in western prairie Canada and the Northern Territory of Australia / Warren M. Elofson.

Author

Elofson, W. M.

Publication

Calgary, Alberta : University of Calgary Press, [2015]

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Description

x, 319 pages : illustrations, maps; 23 cm

Subject

• Tierzucht
• Rancher
• Grenze
• Ranching > Canada, Western > History
• Ranching > Australia, Northern > History
• Ranch life > Canada, Western > History
• Ranch life > Australia, Northern > History
• Frontier and pioneer life > Canada, Western
• Frontier and pioneer life > Australia, Northern
• Ecology
• Frontier and pioneer life
• Ranch life
• Ranching
• Australien
• Kanada
• Canada, Western > History
• Australia, Northern > History
• Western Canada
• Northern Australia

Genre/Form

History

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-300) and index.

Additional Formats (note)

• Issued also in electronic format.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

The short history of the Texas system in Western Canada -- The shorter history of the Texas system in Northern Australia -- The outback frontier -- The social environment -- Producing "fats": the Canadian West -- Producing "fats": the Northern Territory -- The horse trade -- Diversification in Western Canada the triumph of the family ranch/farm -- The Texas system at home in Northern Australia -- Conclusion: The Frontier legacy -- Appendix A: Cowboy poetry -- Appendix B: Officially declared droughts on the Australian continent.

ISBN

• 9781552387948
• 1552387941
• 9781552387962 (canceled/invalid)
• 1552387968 (canceled/invalid)

LCCN

^^2015458425

OCLC

• 905735647
• SCSB-12201670

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library