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North American Cattle-ranching Frontiers
Terry G. Jordan-Bychkov
其他書名
Origins, Diffusion, and Differentiation
出版University of New Mexico Press, 1993
主題History / United States / GeneralSocial Science / Human GeographyTechnology & Engineering / Agriculture / Animal Husbandry
ISBN08263142289780826314222
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=J1JjAAAAMAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋Cattle ranching in the Old World and New is reinterpreted in this pathbreaking study that both recasts the history of a well-known topic and is also truly original. Jordan begins by tracing how different cattle-raising cultures in Spain, the British Isles, and North Africa helped shape varieties of ranching in the New World. He then delineates the American adaptations of ranching beginning with European expansion into the Caribbean and then considers continued evolution in Mexico, the American South, and the West. By 1850, three distinct ranching cultures existed - Midwestern, Californian, and Texan. Jordan argues that over the next fifty years the Midwestern system triumphed over its two rivals throughout the West. In particular, the role of Texas is depicted as less important than previously thought.