This collection explores the varieties of banditry in Latin America and provides a major comparative testing of Hobsbawm's model of the social bandit. Comprised of a unique collection of essays, it contributes to a more accurate understanding of bandit leaders and followers, as well as to the analysis of banditry as a social phenomenon.
This collection explores the varieties of banditry in Latin America and provides a major comparative testing of Hobsbawm's model of the social band...
Although as much romanticized as the American cowboy, the Argentine gaucho lived a persecuted, marginal existence, beleaguered by mandatory passports, vagrancy laws, and forced military service. The story of this nineteenth-century migratory ranch hand is told in vivid detail by Richard W. Slatta, a professor of history at North Carolina State University at Raleigh and the author of Cowboys of the Americas (1990).
Although as much romanticized as the American cowboy, the Argentine gaucho lived a persecuted, marginal existence, beleaguered by mandatory passports,...
Historians of the American west, perhaps inspired by NAFTA and Internet communication, are expanding their intellectual horizons across borders north and south. This collection of essays functions as a how-to guide to comparative frontier research in the American. Frontiers specialist Richard W. Slatta presents topics, techniques, and methods that will intrigue social-science professionals and western-history buffs alike as he explores the frontiers of North and South America from Spanish colonial days into the twentieth century. The always popular cowboy is joined by the fascinating gaucho,...
Historians of the American west, perhaps inspired by NAFTA and Internet communication, are expanding their intellectual horizons across borders north ...
Spanish is an important source for terms and expressions that have made their way into the English of the southwestern United States. "Vocabulario Vaquero/Cowboy Talk" is the first book to list all Spanish-language terms pertaining to two important activities in the American Westranching and cowboyingwith special reference to American Indian terms that have come through Spanish. In addition to presenting the most accurate definitions available, this A-to-Z lexicon traces the etymology of words and critically reviews and assesses the specialized English sources for each entry. It is the...
Spanish is an important source for terms and expressions that have made their way into the English of the southwestern United States. "Vocabulario ...
Earning glory on the fields of battle, Simon Bolivar (1783-1830) was one of the most influential and enigmatic figures of Latin American history. Most North Americans know little of "the Liberator" who freed South America from Spanish rule from 1810 to 1826. Richard W. Slatta and Jane Lucas De Grummond bring forth the entire life and legacy of Simon Bolivar, with special attention to the ups and the downs of his military career in "Bolivar's Quest for Glory." Bolivar's life contained all the makings of an epic war hero: repeated comebacks from defeat, flashes of military genius, tremendous...
Earning glory on the fields of battle, Simon Bolivar (1783-1830) was one of the most influential and enigmatic figures of Latin American history. Most...
Alphabetically organized and thoroughly cross-referenced entries provide information on cowboy history, culture, and myth in North and South America. Entries include cowboy types, equipment, dress, work, and recreation. illustrated, with informative appendixes, an index, and bibliography.
Alphabetically organized and thoroughly cross-referenced entries provide information on cowboy history, culture, and myth in North and South Americ...
Ever since the days of the 49ers and George Armstrong Custer, the Old West has been America's most potent source of legend. But it is sometimes hard to separate fact from fiction. Did you know, for example, that Annie Oakley was a talented marksman who shot an estimated 40,000 rounds per year while practicing and performing for Buffalo Bill Cody's Wild West Show in the late l800s? Or that many interpreters believe that "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" is not just a fairy tale, but also a Populist allegory?
These are just two of the folk legends dissected and examined in this veritable...
Ever since the days of the 49ers and George Armstrong Custer, the Old West has been America's most potent source of legend. But it is sometimes har...
