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

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"Cowboys are an American legend, but despite their 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 co...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Moore, Jacqueline M., 1965-
Corporate Author: William P. Clements Center for Southwest Studies
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : New York University Press, 2010.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Social classes > Texas > History > 19th century.
Cattle trade > Social aspects > Texas > History > 19th century.
Frontier and pioneer life > Texas.
Ranch life > Texas > History > 19th century.
Sex role > Texas > History > 19th century.
Masculinity > Texas > History > 19th century.
Ranchers > Texas > History > 19th century.
Cowboys > Texas > History > 19th century.
Texas > Social conditions > 19th century.
Texas > Social life and customs > 19th century.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Doing the job
  • Of men and cattle
  • From boys to men
  • At work
  • Having fun
  • A society of men
  • Men and women
  • In town
  • Epilogue: the cowboy becomes myth.

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