Cowboys, gentlemen & cattle thieves : ranching on the western frontier /
"Cowboys, Gentlemen, and Cattle Thieves underscores the immense contribution of American "frontiermanship" to the Canadian west. Men and women, horses and equipment came north from Montana and other states; including notorious outlaws like the Sundance Kid." "Warren Elofson...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Montréal ; Ithaca [N.Y.] :
McGill-Queen's University Press,
©2000.
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| Series: | CEL - Canadian Publishers Collection.
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| Online Access: | CONNECT |
| Summary: | "Cowboys, Gentlemen, and Cattle Thieves underscores the immense contribution of American "frontiermanship" to the Canadian west. Men and women, horses and equipment came north from Montana and other states; including notorious outlaws like the Sundance Kid." "Warren Elofson challenges traditional views that Canadian ranching society was a microcosm of the "Old World," arguing that the greatest influence on ranchers and settlers was the need to deal with the frontier environment. He makes it clear that the frontier was ultimately developed by the men and women who started family ranches and farms. By adoptng intensive agricultural practices, they carved a permanent place in rural western Canada, insuring that they and others like them would occupy the land long after most of the "cattle barons" had faded into the records of history."--Jacket |
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| Item Description: | EBSCO eBook Academic Comprehensive Collection North America EBSCO eBook History Collection |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xx, 202 pages) : illustrations, portraits |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 159-196) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780773568730 0773568735 0773521003 9780773521001 |
