The Frontier Centennial : Fort Worth & the new West / Jacob W. Olmstead.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Olmstead, Jacob W., author.

Series:

Grover E. Murray studies in the American Southwest

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Collective memory--West (U.S.).

Collective memory.

Group identity--West (U.S.).

Group identity.

Fort Worth (Tex.)--Centennial celebrations, etc--History.

Fort Worth (Tex.).

West (U.S.)--History--Errors, inventions, etc.

West (U.S.).

West (U.S.)--In popular culture.

Physical Description:

xxix, 289 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Lubbock, Texas : Texas Tech University Press, 2021.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: pt. 1 COMMEMORATING REGIONAL HISTORY

ch. 1 Anion's "Cowshed"

Fort Worth's Centennial Memorial to the Texas Livestock Industry And Repackaging Its Western Identity

ch. 2 "How Long, O Lord, Must We Submit?"

The Marginalization of West Texas and the Texas State Centennial

ch. 3 "Home of the Cowboy"

Club Women, West Texas, and Recreating the Old West

pt. 2 SELLING NATIONAL MYTH

ch. 4 The Devil's Bargain

Amon Carter, Buffalo Bill, and the Arrival of Billy Rose

ch. 5 "The New Womanly Beauty"

Modernity, Sex Appeal, and the Role of Women in the Battle for Fort Worth's Soul

ch. 6 "Is it Texas? is it Frontier? is it Western?"

Billy Rose and Theming The Mythic West.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-276) and index.

ISBN:

1682830837

9781682830833

OCLC:

1196245083