{"product_id":"black-cowboys-in-the-american-west-on-the-range-on-the-stage-behind-the-badge-paperback-softback-9780806154060","title":"Black Cowboys in the American West; On the Range, on the Stage, Behind the Badge (Paperback \/ softback) 9780806154060","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eBlack Cowboys in the American West\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eOn the Range, on the Stage, Behind the Badge\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eBruce A. Glasrud (Edited by), Michael N. Searles (Edited by), Albert S. Broussard (Foreword by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780806154060\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 22 September 2016\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e256 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.6 cm, 0.399 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eA fine book, \u003ci\u003eBlack Cowboys in the American West\u003c\/i\u003e adds significantly to the history of the American West, cattle ranching history, and African American studies.\"\" - Paul H. Carlson, editor of \u003ci\u003eThe Cowboy Way: An Exploration of History and Culture\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\"\u003ci\u003eBlack Cowboys in the American West\u003c\/i\u003e is a wide-ranging, thoughtful collection of essays that offers readers new insights about African Americans in the West.\"\" - Alwyn Barr, author of \u003ci\u003eBlack Texans: A History of African Americans in Texas, 1528 - 1995\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eWho were the black cowboys? They were drovers, foremen, fiddlers, cowpunchers, cattle rustlers, cooks, and singers. They worked as wranglers, riders, ropers, bulldoggers, and bronc busters. They came from varied backgrounds - some grew up in slavery, while free blacks often got their start in Texas and Mexico. Most who joined the long trail drives were men, but black women also rode and worked on western ranches and farms.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The first overview of the subject in more than fifty years, \u003ci\u003eBlack Cowboys in the American West \u003c\/i\u003esurveys the life and work of these cattle drivers from the years before the Civil War through the turn of the twentieth century. Including both classic, previously published articles and exciting new research, this collection also features select accounts of twentieth-century rodeos, music, people, and films. Arranged in three sections - \"\"Cowboys on the Range,\"\" \"\"Performing Cowboys,\"\" and \"\"Outriders of the Black Cowboys\"\" - the thirteen chapters illuminate the great diversity of the black cowboy experience.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Like all ranch hands and riders, African American cowboys lived hard, dangerous lives. But black drovers were expected to do the roughest, most dangerous work - and to do it without complaint. They faced discrimination out west, albeit less than in the South, which many had left in search of autonomy and freedom. As cowboys, they could escape the brutal violence visited on African Americans in many southern communities and northern cities.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Black cowhands remain an integral part of life in the West, the descendants of African Americans who ventured west and helped settle and establish black communities. This long-overdue examination of nineteenth- and twentieth-century black cowboys ensures that they, and their many stories and experiences, will continue to be known and told.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Oklahoma Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52676656922904,"sku":"9780806154060","price":18.69,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/black-cowboys-in-the-american-west-on-the-range-on-the-stage-behind-the-badge-paperback-softback-9780806154060","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}