The Stories of Ranch and Farm Women in the Modern American West
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Köp båda 2 för 679 krFarm and ranch women will be able to relate to the experiences of her subjects; women who have never set foot on a ranch but yearn to go West and 'work on the land' might change their minds after reading it. . . . Schackel covers: the work; flexible gender roles; working for wages to supplement farm income; ranch tourism; and rural women as activists.--Journal of Arizona HistoryThe stories of the thirty-one women's lives that Schackel includes are compelling.--Montana The Magazine of Western History An intimate portrait of western women, from west Texas to eastern Oregon, who found satisfying work, a place to forge strong family ties, a love of land and animals, and imposing social and financial challenges in the routines of modern agriculture. . . . Reading this book is like leafing through a lovingly produced family album, and by the time you finish, you wish many of these women were your relatives.--Oregon Historical Quarterly Schackel revels in the fact that these women have played a vital role in ranch life, and have thus helped define the American West. . . . This documentation of the lives of ranch women and the indispensable roles they play was long overdue.--New Mexico Magazine Filled with fascinating stories and a valuable insight into how agriculture has evolved in the American West. . . . [This book is educational and is] filled with the stories of a generation dedicated to preserving the land and a way of life that is threatened daily by outside forces, especially the economy and the fickle nature of working the land.--Durango Herald Though there is increasing academic interest in the experiences of rural women, few books provide the level of personal details, histories, and stories about the lived experience of rural ranch and farm daughters/wives/mothers--either historically or in modern times--as does Working the Land. The book's most impressive aspect is that an academic historian wrote it, but it reads almost like a novel. Schackel does not just tell the stories of rural farm and ranch women; she weaves their stories together within the context of the important and ongoing decline in the idea of the family farm and its economic root causes. Highly recommended.--Choice An impressive book that tells a multifaceted story of economic survival in troubled times, of strong women wrangling animals and running mowers, and also doing all of the other things necessary to run a farm or ranch.--Pamela Riney-Kehrberg, author of Childhood on the Farm: Work, Play, and Coming of Age in the MidwestSkillfully weaves together personal stories and recent scholarship to show how contemporary farm and ranch women of the Mountain West find value and stability in their lives.--Susan H. Armitage, coeditor of The Women's West A captivating and illuminating book.--Brian Q. Cannon, author of Reopening the Frontier: Homesteading in the Modern West