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Author | : Linda Leigh Paul |
Publisher | : Rizzoli International Publications |
Total Pages | : 296 |
Release | : 2009 |
Genre | : Decoration and ornament, Rustic |
ISBN | : |
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A look at American ranches, from century-old working ranches to rugged new compounds designed for life in the West.
Author | : Jim Keen |
Publisher | : KM Media |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2007-07-09 |
Genre | : Cowboys |
ISBN | : 9780971335516 |
Download Great Ranches of the West Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Author | : David R. Stoecklein |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2004-06 |
Genre | : Dude ranches |
ISBN | : 9781931153614 |
Download Dude Ranches of the American West Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Showcases more than 25 dude ranches across the American West
Author | : George Wuerthner |
Publisher | : Foundations for Deep Ecology 2 |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2002 |
Genre | : Documentary photography |
ISBN | : 9781559639439 |
Download Welfare Ranching Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
"This book shows the real West, not the one seen in postcards or imagined from romantic movies and novels. With photographs and essays, it shows not only the most shocking cases of overgrazing, but also the subtle changes that signal ecological disruption on a massive scale. Welfare Ranching explains the cultural and historical causes of the wasting of the West and offers a vision of the renewal that is possible if citizens are willing to demand that their government shift land management priorities to serving the public and natural good, rather than facilitating private gain. Ultimately, this book points the way to the greatest opportunity yet remaining for ecological restoration and wildlife protection in this country."--BOOK JACKET.
Author | : William Wyckoff |
Publisher | : University of Washington Press |
Total Pages | : 440 |
Release | : 2014-06-05 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0295805374 |
Download How to Read the American West Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
From deserts to ghost towns, from national forests to California bungalows, many of the features of the western American landscape are well known to residents and travelers alike. But in How to Read the American West, William Wyckoff introduces readers anew to these familiar landscapes. A geographer and an accomplished photographer, Wyckoff offers a fresh perspective on the natural and human history of the American West and encourages readers to discover that history has shaped the places where people live, work, and visit. This innovative field guide includes stories, photographs, maps, and diagrams on a hundred landscape features across the American West. Features are grouped according to type, such as natural landscapes, farms and ranches, places of special cultural identity, and cities and suburbs. Unlike the geographic organization of a traditional guidebook, Wyckoff's field guide draws attention to the connections and the differences between and among places. Emphasizing features that recur from one part of the region to another, the guide takes readers on an exploration of the eleven western states with trips into their natural and cultural character. How to Read the American West is an ideal traveling companion on the main roads and byways in the West, providing unexpected insights into the landscapes you see out your car window. It is also a wonderful source for armchair travelers and people who live in the West who want to learn more about the modern West, how it came to be, and how it may change in the years to come. Showcasing the everyday alongside the exceptional, Wyckoff demonstrates how asking new questions about the landscapes of the West can let us see our surroundings more clearly, helping us make informed and thoughtful decisions about their stewardship in the twenty-first century. Watch the trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aYSmp5gZ4-I
Author | : Teresa Jordan |
Publisher | : U of Nebraska Press |
Total Pages | : 356 |
Release | : 1992-01-01 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780803275751 |
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American lore has slighted the cowgirl, although at least one can still be found in nearly every ranching community. Like her male counterpart, she rides and ropes, understands land and stock, and confronts the elements. The writer and photographer Teresa Jordan traveled sixty thousand miles in the American West, talking with more than a hundred authentic cowgirls running ranches and performing in rodeos. The result is a fascinating book that also situates the cowgirl in history and literature. A new preface and updated bibliography have been added to this Bison Book edition.
Author | : Lynn Downey |
Publisher | : University of Oklahoma Press |
Total Pages | : 302 |
Release | : 2022-03-03 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0806190442 |
Download American Dude Ranch Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Viewers of films and television shows might imagine the dude ranch as something not quite legitimate, a place where city dwellers pretend to be cowboys in amusingly inauthentic fashion. But the tradition of the dude ranch, America’s original western vacation, is much more interesting and deeply connected with the culture and history of the American West. In American Dude Ranch, Lynn Downey opens new perspectives on this buckaroo getaway, with all its implications for deciphering the American imagination. Dude ranching began in the 1880s when cattle ranches ruled the West. Men, and a few women, left the comforts of their eastern lives to experience the world of the cowboy. But by the end of the century, the cattleman’s West was fading, and many ranchers turned to wrangling dudes instead of livestock. What began as a way for ranching to survive became a new industry, and as the twentieth century progressed, the dude ranch wove its way into American life and culture. Wyoming dude ranches hosted silent picture shoots, superstars such as Gene Autry were featured in dude film plots, fashion designers and companies like Levi Strauss & Co. replicated the films’ western styles, and novelists Zane Grey and Mary Roberts Rinehart moved dude ranching into popular literature. Downey follows dude ranching across the years, tracing its influence on everything from clothing to cooking and showing how ranchers adapted to changing times and vacation trends. Her book also offers a rare look at women’s place in this story, as they found personal and professional satisfaction in running their own dude ranches. However contested and complicated, western history is one of America’s national origin stories that we turn to in times of cultural upheaval. Dude ranches provide a tangible link from the real to the imagined past, and their persistence and popularity demonstrate how significant this link remains. This book tells their story—in all its familiar, eccentric, and often surprising detail.
Author | : Susan Nance |
Publisher | : Broadview Press |
Total Pages | : 226 |
Release | : 2021-09-17 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1770488162 |
Download Ranching and the American West: A History in Documents Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
The transformation of the American West is one of the key topics in the study of both US history and global environmental history. The role of ranching in the West is also central to the growing field of animal history. This volume covers the periods between the early Indigenous acquisition of horses in the eighteenth century, to the introduction of Hispanic horsemanship techniques and market cattle in the “Old West,” and finally to the work of twentieth- and twenty-first-century ranching families sustaining their ways of life. The documents in this volume reveal not simply the human past but also the distinct histories of cattle, horses, and the land. Readers will explore intersecting themes of capitalism and beef, environmental change, rural labor, and gender and racial politics as debated by westerners themselves, as well as the meaning and power of the cowboy myth in American life. The introduction incorporates recent scholarship and provides a fresh look at this key topic in American history, while informative headnotes and rich annotations help orient the reader within the historical sources.
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Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 304 |
Release | : 1989 |
Genre | : Cowboys |
ISBN | : |
Download Ranching Traditions Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Author | : Lawrence Clayton |
Publisher | : University of Texas Press |
Total Pages | : 98 |
Release | : 1997 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0292711891 |
Download Historic Ranches of Texas Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Traces the history and present-day operation of twelve prominent Texas ranches.