Brown cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine. Back board has diagonal crack resulting in ridge on exterior of board. Front board has two less pronounced diagonal cracks. Closed tear in cloth on top end of rear hinge. Minor rubbing to edges. Tan pictorial dust jacket is wrapped in Mylar. Slight creasing to edges. Mild soiling. Tight binding and clean interior. Inscribed by author on FFEP and again signed by author on title page. Features numerous black and white photos, maps, and charts. Written by a geography professor at the University of Nevada, this book offers a comprehensive look at the history of ranching in the United States. The book focuses on how geography and federal land-use laws shaped the institution of ranching in America and how those factors still influence the modern conflicts around ranching and the environment.

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Bibliographic Details

Title: Let the Cowboy Ride: Cattle Ranching in the American West
Publisher: The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore & London
Publication Date: 1998
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0801856841
ISBN 13: 9780801856846
Binding: Hardcover
Edition: 1st Edition
Condition: Good
Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
Signed: Inscribed by Author(s)

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The dime novel and dude ranch, the barbecue and rodeo, the suburban ranch house and the urban cowboy -- all are a direct legacy of nineteenth-century cowboy life that still enlivens American popular culture. Yet at the same time, reports of environmental destruction or economic inefficiency have motivated calls for restricted livestock grazing on public lands or even for an end to ranching altogether. In Let the Cowboy Ride, Starrs offers a detailed and comprehensive look at one of America's most enduring institutions. Richly illustrated with more than 130 photographs and maps, the book combines the authentic detail of an insider's view (Starrs spent six years working cattle on the high desert Great Basin range) with a scholar's keen eye for objective analysis.

About the Author

Paul F. Starrs is associate professor of geography at the University of Nevada at Reno, editor of the Geographical Review, and a former cowhand.

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