The Role of the Horse in the Social History of Early California
Title | The Role of the Horse in the Social History of Early California PDF eBook |
Author | Robert Moorman Denhardt |
Publisher | |
Pages | 10 |
Release | 1940 |
Genre | California |
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Agricultural History
Title | Agricultural History PDF eBook |
Author | University of California, Davis. Agricultural History Center |
Publisher | |
Pages | 112 |
Release | 1977 |
Genre | Agricultural history |
ISBN |
Agricultural History Series
Title | Agricultural History Series PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 192 |
Release | 1973 |
Genre | Agriculture |
ISBN |
The Wild Horse of the West
Title | The Wild Horse of the West PDF eBook |
Author | Walker Demarquis Wyman |
Publisher | U of Nebraska Press |
Pages | 356 |
Release | 1963-01-01 |
Genre | Pets |
ISBN | 9780803252233 |
"What has happened to the mustang and to the wild or feral horse, whether of Spanish or American ancestry, in the West, is exhaustively and interestingly set forth by Walker D. Wyman. His is, perhaps, the final word on the history of the horse on the western range. . . . This is a book which holds the interest not only of students of western history and of the range, but also of the general reader."--New Mexico Historical Review. "A story gleaned from everything worth while that has been written on the wild horse and the bibliography alone will assure it space on any shelf of Americana. . . . Harold Bryant's illustrations are splendid."--New York Times Book Review. "This is a long-needed book--a valuable contribution to pioneer history. The range horse--the Mustang and the Cayuse--played no small part in the development of the West, but that part has been too often forgotten. . . . The story is well and interestingly told by Mr. Wyman."--Oregon Historical Quarterly. "Wyman examines authoritatively the various theories as to the origins of the wild horses of the plains, which eventually competed with the buffalo, transformed the culture of the Plains Indians, and still later constituted a major economic factor in Western ranching. . . . The work constitutes a valuable addition to Western Americana."--Chicago Sun.
A History of Livestock Raising in the United States, 1607-1860
Title | A History of Livestock Raising in the United States, 1607-1860 PDF eBook |
Author | James Westfall Thompson |
Publisher | |
Pages | 182 |
Release | 1942 |
Genre | Agriculture |
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Conquerors
Title | Conquerors PDF eBook |
Author | Deb Bennett |
Publisher | Amigo Publications, Inc. |
Pages | 448 |
Release | 1998 |
Genre | Nature |
ISBN | 9780965853309 |
The Size of the Risk
Title | The Size of the Risk PDF eBook |
Author | Leisl Carr Childers |
Publisher | University of Oklahoma Press |
Pages | 431 |
Release | 2015-10-09 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0806152524 |
The Great Basin, a stark and beautiful desert filled with sagebrush deserts and mountain ranges, is the epicenter for public lands conflicts. Arising out of the multiple, often incompatible uses created throughout the twentieth century, these struggles reveal the tension inherent within the multiple use concept, a management philosophy that promises equitable access to the region’s resources and economic gain to those who live there. Multiple use was originally conceived as a way to legitimize the historical use of public lands for grazing without precluding future uses, such as outdoor recreation, weapons development, and wildlife management. It was applied to the Great Basin to bring the region, once seen as worthless, into the national economic fold. Land managers, ranchers, mining interests, wilderness and wildlife advocates, outdoor recreationists, and even the military adopted this ideology to accommodate, promote, and sanction a multitude of activities on public lands, particularly those overseen by the Bureau of Land Management. Some of these uses are locally driven and others are nationally mandated, but all have exacted a cost from the region’s human and natural environment. In The Size of the Risk, Leisl Carr Childers shows how different constituencies worked to fill the presumed “empty space” of the Great Basin with a variety of land-use regimes that overlapped, conflicted, and ultimately harmed the environment and the people who depended on the region for their livelihoods. She looks at the conflicts that arose from the intersection of an ever-increasing number of activities, such as nuclear testing and wild horse preservation, and how Great Basin residents have navigated these conflicts. Carr Childers’s study of multiple use in the Great Basin highlights the complex interplay between the state, society, and the environment, allowing us to better understand the ongoing reality of living in the American West.