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Gauchos and the vanishing frontier

Author: Richard W Slatta
Publisher: Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, ©1983.
Edition/Format:   Book : State or province government publication : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Additional Physical Format: Online version:
Slatta, Richard W., 1947-
Gauchos and the vanishing frontier.
Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, c1983
(OCoLC)558906294
Material Type: Government publication, State or province government publication
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Richard W Slatta
ISBN: 0803241348 9780803241343
OCLC Number: 8866701
Notes: Includes index.
Description: 271 p., [4] p. of plates : ill. ; 23 cm.
Contents: Who Was the Gaucho? --
The Pampa and Frontier Abundance --
Gaucho to Peon: Changing Ranch Labor --
Women and Family Life --
Material Culture: Housing, Clothing, Food, Recreation --
Latifundia and the Ranching Elite --
Estanciero versus Gaucho: Legal Restrictions --
Forced Military Service --
Sheep, Fences, and Farming --
Immigration and Xenophobia --
Man to Myth: Literary and Symbolic Images --
Population Growth, Buenos Aires Province, 1778-1914 --
Livestock and Wheat Production, Buenos Aires Province and Argentina, 1866-1914 --
Changing Composition of Argentine Exports, 1822-1919.
Responsibility: Richard W. Slatta.
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