Liu, Joanne S.,
Barbed wire the fence that changed the West Joanne S. Liu. - Missoula, Mont. : Mountain Press Pub. Co., 2009. - viii, 141 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm.
Includes Index and Bibliography
Wide open range -- In the wake of war -- Land up for grabs -- Sticks and stones -- A twist of the wire -- Light as air, stronger than whiskey, cheap as dirt -- The devil's rope -- The fence cutting wars -- Moonshine wire -- Full steam ahead -- The big die-up -- Cattlemen settle down -- Native lands corralled -- Fencing free-for-all -- The new face of the West.
How the invention of barbed wire transformed the open range of the West into fenced land, creating a violent clash of cultures.
9780878425570 (pbk. : alk. paper) 0878425578 (pbk. : alk. paper)
2009032922
Barbed wire--Social aspects--History.--West (U.S.)
Barbed wire--Political aspects--History.--West (U.S.)
Wire fencing--History.--West (U.S.)
Frontier and pioneer life--West (U.S.)
Ranch life--History.--West (U.S.)
Social conflict--History.--West (U.S.)
West (U.S.)--History.
West (U.S.)--Social conditions.
West (U.S.)--Race relations.
978.02 Liu 15
Barbed wire the fence that changed the West Joanne S. Liu. - Missoula, Mont. : Mountain Press Pub. Co., 2009. - viii, 141 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm.
Includes Index and Bibliography
Wide open range -- In the wake of war -- Land up for grabs -- Sticks and stones -- A twist of the wire -- Light as air, stronger than whiskey, cheap as dirt -- The devil's rope -- The fence cutting wars -- Moonshine wire -- Full steam ahead -- The big die-up -- Cattlemen settle down -- Native lands corralled -- Fencing free-for-all -- The new face of the West.
How the invention of barbed wire transformed the open range of the West into fenced land, creating a violent clash of cultures.
9780878425570 (pbk. : alk. paper) 0878425578 (pbk. : alk. paper)
2009032922
Barbed wire--Social aspects--History.--West (U.S.)
Barbed wire--Political aspects--History.--West (U.S.)
Wire fencing--History.--West (U.S.)
Frontier and pioneer life--West (U.S.)
Ranch life--History.--West (U.S.)
Social conflict--History.--West (U.S.)
West (U.S.)--History.
West (U.S.)--Social conditions.
West (U.S.)--Race relations.
978.02 Liu 15