Working the Land: The Stories of Ranch and Farm Women in the Modern American West

Author:   Sandra K. Schackel
Publisher:   University Press of Kansas
ISBN:  

9780700617807


Pages:   200
Publication Date:   25 May 2011
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   Sandra K. Schackel
Publisher:   University Press of Kansas
Imprint:   University Press of Kansas
Dimensions:   Width: 14.70cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 22.50cm
Weight:   0.365kg
ISBN:  

9780700617807


ISBN 10:   0700617809
Pages:   200
Publication Date:   25 May 2011
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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-An impressive book that tells a multifaceted story of economic survival in troubled times, of strong women wrangling animals and running mowers, and also doing all of the other things necessary to run a farm or ranch.---Pamela Riney-Kehrberg, author of Childhood on the Farm: Work, Play, and Coming of Age in the Midwest -Skillfully weaves together personal stories and recent scholarship to show how contemporary farm and ranch women of the Mountain West find value and stability in their lives.---Susan H. Armitage, coeditor of The Women's West -A captivating and illuminating book.---Brian Q. Cannon, author of Reopening the Frontier: Homesteading in the Modern West


An impressive book that tells a multifaceted story of economic survival in troubled times, of strong women wrangling animals and running mowers, and also doing all of the other things necessary to run a farm or ranch. --<b>Pamela Riney-Kehrberg</b>, author of <i>Childhood on the Farm: Work, Play, and Coming of Age in the Midwest</i> Skillfully weaves together personal stories and recent scholarship to show how contemporary farm and ranch women of the Mountain West find value and stability in their lives. --<b>Susan H. Armitage</b>, coeditor of <i>The Women's West</i> A captivating and illuminating book. --<b>Brian Q. Cannon</b>, author of <i>Reopening the Frontier: Homesteading in the Modern West</i>


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