Policing the Great Plains: rangers, mounties and the North American frontier, 1875 - 1910
Introduction: "similar organizations in other parts" -- Instruments of incorporation -- Subjugating indigenous groups -- Dispossessing peoples of mixed ancestry -- Defending the cattleman's empire -- Policing the industrial frontier -- Epilogue: "deeds, real and imagined"
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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Lincoln [u.a.]
University of Nebraska Press
2007
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| In: | Year: 2007 |
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| Summary: | Introduction: "similar organizations in other parts" -- Instruments of incorporation -- Subjugating indigenous groups -- Dispossessing peoples of mixed ancestry -- Defending the cattleman's empire -- Policing the industrial frontier -- Epilogue: "deeds, real and imagined" |
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| Item Description: | "An earlier version of chapter 2 appeared as "Rangers, Mounties, and the Subjugation of Indigenous Peoples, 1870-1885," Great Plains Quarterly 24, no. 2 (Spring 2004): 85-99. Reprinted by permission. An earlier version of chapter 4 appeared as "Rural Police and the Defense of the Cattleman's Empire in Texas and Canada, 1875-1900," Agricultural History 75, no. 3 (Summer 2005): 253-80. Copyright 2005 by the Agricultural History Society. Reprinted by permission. An earlier version of chapter 5 appeared as "Texas Rangers, Canadian Mounties, and the Policing of the Transnational Industrial Frontier, 1885-1910," Western Historical Quarterly 35 (Summer 2004): 167-91. Copyright by the Western History Association. Reprinted by permission.". - Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Physical Description: | XIII, 277 S. Ill. |
| ISBN: | 9780803260023 0803260024 |