The Cattle Towns / Edition 1

by Robert R. Dykstra

Overview

"Excellent . . . readable and persuasive. . . . One of the most refreshing and rewarding approaches to be applied to western history topics in many years."-American Historical Review

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780803265615
Publisher:	UNP - Bison Books
Publication date:	10/01/1983
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	412
Product dimensions:	5.25(w) x 8.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Robert R. Dykstra is professor of history and public policy at the State University of New York at Albany.

Table of Contents

	Introduction: Town-Building and the Texas Cattle Trade	3
I	Beginnings	11
II	Cattle Town Enterprise	74
III	The Adjustment to Violence	112
IV	Preserving the Cattle Trade	149
V	The Rural Dimension	178
VI	The Politics of Factionalism	207
VII	The Politics of Reform	239
VIII	The Cattle Town Besieged	293
	Conclusion: History and the Cattle Town Experience	355
Appendix A	The Elkins-McKitrick Thesis	371
Appendix B	A Note on Methodology	379
	Acknowledgments	385
	Index	387

Editorial Reviews

"Excellent . . . readable and persuasive. . . . One of the most refreshing and rewarding approaches to be applied to western history topics in many years, for [Dykstra] is asking basic questions about social process and the nature of urban society. . . . "—American Historical Review

American Historical Review

"This is social history at its best."—American Quarterly

American Quarterly

"One of the most intelligent, interesting, and worthwhile contributions to the field of Western history in some time. [Dykstra] has managed to say something rather basic about American culture in general."—William H. Goetzmann, University of Texas at Austin

William H. Goetzmann

"A towering landmark in our knowledge of the old West."—San Francisco Chronicle and Examiner

San Francisco Chronicle and Examiner