AT HOME ON THE RANGE Essays on the History of Western Social and Domestic Life [Contributions in American History, Number 108]

Wunder, John R., editor

ISBN 10: 0313245924 / ISBN 13: 9780313245923

Published by Greenwood Press (1985), Westport, CT, 1985

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Westport, CT: Greenwood Press. VG/No Dustjacket. (1985). First Edition. Cloth. 8vo., 213 pp., shelfwear .

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: AT HOME ON THE RANGE Essays on the History of Western Social and Domestic Life [Contributions in American History, Number 108]
• Publisher: Greenwood Press (1985), Westport, CT
• Publication Date: 1985
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0313245924
• ISBN 13: 9780313245923
• Binding: Cloth
• Illustrator: Not Illustrated
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: VG/No Dustjacket
• Seller catalogs:
  • History-Western Expansion

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Synopsis

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.

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