Comparing cowboys and frontiers /
Slatta, Richard W.,1947-
Norman : University of Oklahoma Press,
c1997.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [265]-311) and index.
Historical frontier imagery in Canada, the United States, and Latin America -- Indian equestrian economies: a hemispheric perspective -- Extremes of empire: Spanish colonial military policy in the pampas of Argentina and internal provinces of New Spain -- Vaqueros and charros: Mexico's horsemen -- Cowboys, gauchos, and llaneros -- Frontier institutions: western saloons and Argentine pulperías -- Turners's influence in Canada and Latin America -- Gaúcho and gaucho: comparative socioeconomic change in Rio Grande do Sul and Buenos Aires province, 1869-1920 -- Social history in the saddle: trailing cowboys of the Americas -- Dangers of frontier overrevisionism: cautionary notes from Alberta to Abilene to Argentina.
Frontier and pioneer life
Frontier and pioneer life
Frontier thesis.