Cowboys, Ranchers and the Cattle Business: Cross-Border Perspectives on Ranching History is an easily accessible and comprehensive summary of current studies on the Canadian ranching frontier. This collection of essays provides an excellent perspective on the latest developments in the historiography of the range, drawing from topics such as Wild West shows, artistic depictions of the cowboy, and the economic and practical aspects of early cattle ranching. The essays anthologized here fall into three general areas: the working cowboy, the performing cowboy and the imaginary cowboy. The academics, ranchers, poets and cowboys who authored them hail from backgrounds as diverse as history, geography, political science, and literature. Cowboys, Ranchers and the Cattle Business makes an important contribution to the study of the ranching frontier and will continue to be of value to researchers and readers of western history, plains studies, and historical geography. With Contributions by: Sarah Carter Brian W. Dippie Warren M. Elofson Simon M. Evans Max Foran Terry G. Jordan-Bychkov Henry C. Klassen Lorain Lounsberry Alan B. McCullough Joy Oetelaar Richard W. Slatta Bill Yeo
Cowboys, Ranchers and the Cattle Business: Cross-Border Perspectives on Ranching History is an easily accessible and comprehensive summary of current studies on the Canadian ranching frontier. This collection of essays provides an excellent perspective on the latest developments in the historiography of the range, drawing from topics such as Wild West shows, artistic depictions of the cowboy, and the economic and practical aspects of early cattle ranching. The essays anthologized here fall into three general areas: the working cowboy, the performing cowboy and the imaginary cowboy. The academics, ranchers, poets and cowboys who authored them hail from backgrounds as diverse as history, geography, political science, and literature. Cowboys, Ranchers and the Cattle Business makes an important contribution to the study of the ranching frontier and will continue to be of value to researchers and readers of western history, plains studies, and historical geography. With Contributions by: Sarah Carter Brian W. Dippie Warren M. Elofson Simon M. Evans Max Foran Terry G. Jordan-Bychkov Henry C. Klassen Lorain Lounsberry Alan B. McCullough Joy Oetelaar Richard W. Slatta Bill Yeo
Sarah Carter teaches history at the Univerisity of Alberta. Bill Yeo has retired from his position as Senior Historian and Chief of Historical and Archaeological Research for Parks Canada. Simon Evans is a professor of geography at the Memorial University of Newfoundland. Simon Evans is a professor of geography at the Memorial University of Newfoundland. Sarah Carter teaches history at the Univerisity of Alberta. Bill Yeo has retired from his position as Senior Historian and Chief of Historical and Archaeological Research for Parks Canada. Henry C. Klassen taught history for many years at the University of Calgary. His academic pursuits centred around the study of Canadian business and financial history. His book, A Business History of Alberta, was shortlisted for the Scholarly Book of the Year at the 2000 Alberta Book Awards. Max Foran has been working the field of western Canadian history for over thirty years and has published on various urban, rural, and cultural topics. He is currently a professor in the Department of Communication and Culture at the University of Calgary.
Introduction
Simon M. Evans Does the Border Matter? Cattle Ranching and the 49th
Parallel
Terry G. Jordan-Bychov Charles M. Russell, Cowboy Culture, and the
Canadian Connection
Brian W. Dippie Not an Old Cowhand--Fred Stimson and the Bar U
Ranch
Alan B. McCullough George Lane: From Cowboy to Cattle King
Joy Oetelaar Tenderfoot to Rider: Learning "Cowboying" on the
Canadian Ranching Frontier during the 1880s
Simon M. Evans The Untaimed Canadian Ranching Frontier,
1874-1914
Warren M. Elofson A Century of Ranching at the Rocking P and Bar
S
Henry C. Klassen The Impact of the Depression on the Grazing Lease
Policy in Alberta
Max Foran Wild West Shows and the Canadian West
Lorian Lounsberry The Canadian Cowboy Exhibition
Richard W. Slatta Postscript: "He Country in Pants" No
Longer--Diversifying Ranching History
Sarah Carter Postscript: Ranching History--Have We Covered the
Ground Yet?
Bill Yeo Selected Bibliography
Notes
Index
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