North American Cattle-Ranching Frontiers: Origins, Diffusion and Differentiation (Histories of the American Frontier) de Jordan, Terry G - 2000

University of New Mexico Press, 2000. 1st Edition. Paperback. Good. 6x1x9. First edition, second printing. Softcover book, neither ex-library nor marked as a remainder. Binding is strong and all leaves are in place. Text has one or two annotations in pencil; no dog-ears. Book has mild handling wear and a little spotting. 439 pp. This award-winning book offers an invaluable synthesis that is essential reading for anyone interested in the cattle-ranching traditions in North America. In this revisionist study, historical geographer Jordan reinterprets cattle ranching in the Old World and New, challenging the notion that western cattle culture derived principally from Texas. Jordan begins by looking at Old World stock-raising patterns of the British, Spanish, and North Africans and traces how these practices merged in the Caribbean and were brought into Mexico. He also shows how in the eighteenth and nineteenth century cattle-raising found its way to the Eastern Seaboard, the South and Midwest of the present United States, and into California. Heavy books or multi-volume sets will require additional postage. Send me a message before purchase if you want a quote; otherwise, I will contact you after purchase with the final shipping price. Ships from USA.