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Barbed wire

by Liu, Joanne S.,
Published by : Mountain Press Pub. Co., (Missoula, Mont. :) Physical details: viii, 141 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm. ISBN:9780878425570 (pbk. : alk. paper); 0878425578 (pbk. : alk. paper).
Subject(s): Barbed wire -- Social aspects -- West (U.S.) -- History. | Barbed wire -- Political aspects -- West (U.S.) -- History. | Wire fencing -- West (U.S.) -- History. | Frontier and pioneer life -- West (U.S.) | Ranch life -- West (U.S.) -- History. | Social conflict -- West (U.S.) -- History. | West (U.S.) -- History. | West (U.S.) -- Social conditions. | West (U.S.) -- Race relations.
Year: 2009
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900 - 999 978.02 Liu (Browse shelf) Available In Memory of : James Marchetti 96293

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.