At home on the range : essays on the history of Western social and domestic life / edited by John R. Wunder.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Wunder, John R.

Series:

Contributions in American history 0084-9219 ; no. 108.

Contributions in American history. 0084-9219 ; no. 108

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Agriculture--West (U.S.)--History.

Agriculture.

History.

Farm life--West (U.S.)--History.

Farm life.

Ranch life--West (U.S.)--History.

Ranch life.

Frontier and pioneer life--West (U.S.).

Frontier and pioneer life.

Physical Description:

xiii, 213 pages ; 22 cm.

Place of Publication:

Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, [1985]

Summary:

The nine essays presented by John R. Wunder collectively expose the domestic and technological details of American pioneer life on the High Plains. The essays, each written by a leading authority in the field, examine such topics as early ranching and farming in the Rio Grande Valley and the Staked Plains; the impact on Native American and settler women of life on the agricultural frontier; the response to perceived threats by agriculturalists after the Civil War; and the agriculturalists' entry into the twentieth century via their response to cultural change. The final chapter, a speech made in 1890 by a Scottish traveller, contains a contemporary observation of the real and mythical qualities of life on the frontier.

Notes:

Includes index.

Bibliography: pages [197]-201.

ISBN:

0313245924

OCLC:

11029743