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Rocking P Ranch and the second cattle frontier in Western Canada /
"The Rocking P Ranch was one of the most ambitious family ranches in Southern Alberta. Founded in 1900 by Roderick Riddle Macleay, the Rocking P flourished during the Second Cattle Frontier as open-range the Texas System ranches failed. Beginning in 1923, Maxine and Dorothy Macleay edited, repo...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Autores principales: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Calgary, Alberta :
University of Calgary Press,
[2019]
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| Colección: | West series (Calgary, Alta.) ;
12. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Intro; Contents; Preface; Introduction: The Macleay Family and the Rocking P Gazette; I. The Second Cattle Frontier in Western Canada; 1 Go West Young Men; 2 The Extended Family Period: Riddle and Macleay Brothers; 3 Nature's Fury and The Tattered Dream; 4 The Rocking P Ranch (and Farm); 5 Enlisting the Nuclear Family, 1909-1925; 6 Finance Matters; II. The Rocking P Gazette; 7 Introducing the Rocking P Gazette; 8 The Rural West; 9 Country Entertainment; 10 Principles of Need; 11 From Religion to Race; 12 Reinforcing Family Values; Conclusions; Notes; Bibliography; Index.