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The great cowboy strike bullets, ballots & class conflicts in the American West /

In the pantheon of American icons, the cowboy embodies the traits of 'rugged individualism', independent, solitary, and stoical. In reality, cowboys were grossly exploited and underpaid seasonal workers who responded to the abuses of their employers in a series of militant strikes. Their r...

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Main Author: Lause, Mark A.,
Format: Book
Language: English
Published: Brooklyn, NY : Verso, 2017.
Physical Description: xi, 283 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map, portraits ; 25 cm.
Subjects:
Cattle trade -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
Cowboys -- West (U.S.) -- History -- 19th century.
Strikes and lockouts -- West (U.S.) -- History -- 19th century.
Labor movement -- West (U.S.) -- History -- 19th century.
Frontier and pioneer life -- 19th century.
West (U.S.) -- History -- 19th century.

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