Title Cow boys and cattle men : class and masculinities on the Texas frontier, 1865-1900 / Jacqueline M. Moore

Published New York : New York University Press, ©2010

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 269 pages :) : illustrations Contents Doing the job -- Of men and cattle -- From boys to men -- At work -- Having fun -- A society of men -- Men and women -- In town -- Epilogue: the cowboy becomes myth Summary "Cowboys are an American legend, but despite their ubiquity in history and popular culture, misperceptions abound. Technically, a cowboy worked with cattle, as a ranch hand, while his boss, the cattleman, owned the ranch. Jacqueline M. Moore casts aside romantic and one-dimensional images of cowboys by analyzing the class, gender, and labor histories of ranching in Texas during the second half of the nineteenth century." "As working-classmen, cowboys showed their masculinity through their skills at work as well as public displays in town. But what cowboys thought was manly behavior did not always match those ideas of the business-minded cattlemen who largely absorbed middle-class masculine ideals of restraint. Real men, by these standards, had self-mastery over their impulses and didn't fight, drink, gamble, or consort with "unsavory" women, Moore explores how, in contrast to the mythic image, from the late 1870s on, as the Texas frontier became more settled and the open range disappeared, the real cowboys faced increasing demands from the people around them to rein in the very traits that Americans considered the most masculine."--Jacket Analysis "Published in cooperation with the William P. Clements Center for Southwest Studies, Southern Methodist University." Notes "Published in cooperation with the William P. Clements Center for Southwest Studies, Southern Methodist University." Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record Subject Social classes -- Texas -- History -- 19th century Cattle trade -- Social aspects -- Texas -- History -- 19th century Frontier and pioneer life -- Texas Ranch life -- Texas -- History -- 19th century Sex role -- Texas -- History -- 19th century Masculinity -- Texas -- History -- 19th century Ranchers -- Texas -- History -- 19th century Cowboys -- Texas -- History -- 19th century HISTORY -- United States -- 19th Century. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Minority Studies. Cattle trade -- Social aspects Cowboys Frontier and pioneer life Manners and customs Masculinity Ranch life Ranchers Sex role Social classes Social conditions Arbeitswelt Männlichkeitskult Sozialstatus Cowboy Mann -- Viehzucht -- Texas -- Geschichte 19. Jh. Viehzucht -- Mann -- Texas -- Geschichte 19. Jh. Cowboy -- Texas -- Geschichte 19. Jh. Frontier. Cowboy. Arbeitswelt. Männlichkeitskult. Sozialstatus. SUBJECT Texas -- Social conditions -- 19th century Texas -- Social life and customs -- 19th century Subject Texas Frontier Texas Texas. Genre/Form History Form Electronic book Author William P. Clements Center for Southwest Studies. LC no. 2009026858 ISBN 9780814759844 081475984X

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