Cow Boys and Cattle Men: Class and Masculinities on the Texas Frontier, 1865-1900

by Jacqueline Moore and Jacqueline M. Moore

Book Overview

Cowboys are an American legend, but despite ubiquity in history and popular culture, misperceptions abound. Technically, a cowboy worked with cattle, as a ranch hand, while his boss, the cattleman, owned the ranch. Jacqueline M. Moore casts aside romantic and one-dimensional images of cowboys by analyzing the class, gender, and labor histories of ranching in Texas during the second half of the nineteenth century.
As working-class men, cowboys...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0814763413
• ISBN13: 9780814763414
• Release Date: November 2011
• Publisher: New York University Press
• Length: 281 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.9" x 8.9"