Let the Cowboy Ride : Cattle Ranching in the American West,9780801863516

Let the Cowboy Ride : Cattle Ranching in the American West

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ISBN13: 9780801863516
ISBN10: 0801863511
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2000-03-17
Publisher(s): Johns Hopkins Univ Pr
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Summary

The dime novel and dude ranch, the barbecue and rodeo, the suburban ranch house and the urban cowboy -- all are a direct legacy of nineteenth-century cowboy life that still enlivens American popular culture. Yet at the same time, reports of environmental destruction or economic inefficiency have motivated calls for restricted livestock grazing on public lands or even for an end to ranching altogether. In Let the Cowboy Ride, Starrs offers a detailed and comprehensive look at one of America's most enduring institutions. Richly illustrated with more than 130 photographs and maps, the book combines the authentic detail of an insider's view (Starrs spent six years working cattle on the high desert Great Basin range) with a scholar's keen eye for objective analysis.

Author Biography

Paul F. Starrs is associate professor of geography at the University of Nevada at Reno, editor of the Geographical Review, and a former cowhand.

Table of Contents

List of Maps, Charts, and Tables
ix
Acknowledgments xi
Introduction xiii
Part I The Legacy of Ranching and Rangeland
For What Came Ye into This Wilderness?
1(18)
Rival Claims on Ranching
19(19)
Land Policy and the American Way
38(23)
Ranching Frontiers and the Federal Government
61(24)
Part II Ranch Country
Rio Arriba County, New Mexico
85(25)
Commons Grazing, Federal Force
Deaf Smith County, Texas
110(15)
The State's Own Land Business
Cherry County, Nebraska
125(16)
Red Cows, Tall Grass, and Hand-Crafted Law
Sheridan County, Wyoming
141(18)
The Intricate Constructions of the Genteel Rancher
Elko County, Nevada
159(36)
Public Range, Private Purpose
Part III The Future of Ranching
Questing after Continuity in a Land of Change
195(22)
Of Land and Life
217(25)
Ranching's Realm
242(17)
Notes 259(64)
Glossary 323(4)
Bibliography Essay 327(20)
Index 347

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