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

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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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter New York University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2000-2013
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Place / Publishing House:New York, NY : : New York University Press, , [2009]
©2009
Year of Publication:2009
Language:English
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • 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
  • Notes
  • Index
  • About the Author