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Working the land : the stories of ranch and farm women in the modern American West /

In Working the Land, Sandra Schackel collects oral histories from more than forty women--in Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, New Mexico, Oregon, and Texas--recalling their experiences as ranchers and farmers in a modernizing West. --from publisher description.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Schackel, Sandra
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Lawrence, Kan. : University Press of Kansas, ©2011.
Subjects:
Women ranchers > West (U.S.) > History > 20th century.
Women farmers > West (U.S.) > History > 20th century.
Women ranchers > West (U.S.) > Interviews.
Women farmers > West (U.S.) > Interviews.
Ranch life > West (U.S.) > History > 20th century.
Farm life > West (U.S.) > History > 20th century.
West (U.S.) > Social life and customs > 20th century.
West (U.S.) > Social conditions > 20th century.
Interviews > West (U.S.)
Oral history > West (U.S.)
Farm life.
Interviews.
Manners and customs.
Oral history.
Ranch life.
Social conditions
Women farmers.
Women ranchers.
United States, West.
1900 - 1999
History.
Description
Summary:In Working the Land, Sandra Schackel collects oral histories from more than forty women--in Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, New Mexico, Oregon, and Texas--recalling their experiences as ranchers and farmers in a modernizing West. --from publisher description.
Physical Description:xvii, 158 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780700617807 (cloth : alk. paper)
0700617809 (cloth : alk. paper)