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| Genre/Form: | Interviews |
|---|---|
| Material Type: | Biography |
| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Sandra Schackel |
| ISBN: | 9780700617807 0700617809 |
| OCLC Number: | 681500387 |
| Description: | xvii, 158 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. |
| Contents: | "I'd rather be on the farm" : attitudes toward ranch and farm work -- "I'd rather work outside than do housework" : flexible gender roles -- "I didn't milk cows; I gave piano lessons" : will wage work save the family farm? -- "We'd be in bad shape if it wasn't for hunting" : tourist recreation on Western farms and ranches -- "Eat more beef" : ranch and farm women as activists -- Epilogue -- Appendixes: Farm woman questionnaire; Interviewees. |
| Responsibility: | Sandra K. Schackel. |
Abstract:
In Working the Land, Sandra Schackel collects oral histories from more than forty women--in Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, New Mexico, Oregon, and Texas--recalling their experiences as ranchers and farmers in a modernizing West. --from publisher description
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