Cow Boys and Cattle Men : Class and Masculinities on the Texas Frontier, 1865-1900.

Cow Boys and Cattle Men : Class and Masculinities on the Texas Frontier, 1865-1900.

Cowboys are an American legend, but despite ubiquity in history and popular culture, misperceptions abound. Technically, a cowboy worked with cattle, as a ranch hand, while his boss, the cattleman, owned the ranch. Jacqueline M. Moore casts aside romantic and one-dimensional images of cowboys by ana...

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Main Author: Moore, Jacqueline M.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : NYU Press, 2009.
Subjects:
1800-1899
Cowboys > Texas > History > 19th century.
Ranchers > Texas > History > 19th century.
Masculinity > Texas > History > 19th century.
Sex role > Texas > History > 19th century.
Ranch life > Texas > History > 19th century.
Frontier and pioneer life > Texas.
Cattle trade > Social aspects > Texas > History > 19th century.
Social classes > Texas > History > 19th century.
HISTORY / United States / 19th Century.
Cattle trade > Social aspects
Cowboys
Frontier and pioneer life
Manners and customs
Masculinity
Ranch life
Ranchers
Sex role
Social classes
Social conditions
Texas > Social life and customs > 19th century.
Texas > Social conditions > 19th century.
Texas
History
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Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgments; Introduction; PART I: DOING THE JOB; 1 Of Men and Cattle; 2 From Boys to Men; 3 At Work; PART II: HAVING FUN; 4 A Society of Men; 5 Men and Women; 6 In Town; Epilogue: The Cowboy Becomes Myth; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; About the Author.

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