Trails and Trials: Markets and Land Use in the Alberta Beef Cattle Industry, 1881-1948

by Maxwell L. Foran

Alberta's ranching heritage occupies an important place in the province's historical consciousness. Trails and Trials documents the development of the beef cattle industry in Alberta from its open-range ranching phase to the beginnings of the modern era. This narrative history documents how the beef cattle industry responded to the challenges following the end of the open-range era through two world wars and the Great Depression.

Trails...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1552380890
• ISBN13: 9781552380895
• Release Date: June 2003
• Publisher: University of Calgary Press
• Length: 332 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"