Cattle, Cotton, Corn

A History of Central Texas Middle-Class Ranches, 1880-1930

By:

W C Arnold

Format:

Hardback

Show Hide Adult Content

$120.00

Available from supplier

Usually ships in 3-4 weeks

0 in Trolley

Price Match

Free Delivery with Primate

Join Now

Free 14 day free trial, cancel anytime.

Buy Now, Pay Later with:

4 payments of $30.00 with Afterpay Learn more

6 weekly interest-free payments of $20.00 with Laybuy Learn more

Availability

Delivering to:

Estimated arrival:

Around 2-12 July using International Courier

Description

From about a generation after the end of the Industrial Revolution up until the Great Depression, Texas agriculture went through many changes. Unlike the massive, storied ranches spun into romantic westerns or Hollywood films, small family ranches had to adapt constantly to the economic present. Cattle, Cotton, Corn draws from the minutiae of family records and oral accounts to piece together the history of several middle-class ranches in Central Texas that were operational from 1880 to 1930. The Caufields, Cavitts, Youngs, and Footes were ordinary Texans surviving changing economic forecasts and the boom-and-bust cycles of living from the land. Compiled from decades of research by a scion of one of the families, this book adds to the corpus of Texas ranching epics by focusing on the lived experiences of regular ranch families, most of whom were not particularly wealthy or politically prominent. Cattle, Cotton, Corn tells a history important to the fabric of turn-of-the-century Texas, and it will resonate with many who will see their own family's history reflected in its very pages.

Author Biography:

Watson C. Arnold has seen several incarnations of his career. A physician by training, he was the director of pediatric nephrology, dialysis, and transplantation at Cook Children's Medical Center in Fort Worth for twenty years. During that time, he earned a certificate in ranch management and a PhD in history from TCU. Arnold has taught in the pediatrics department of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, and he has also taught in the history departments of TCU and Baylor. He is a member of the board of directors of the Texas State Historical Society.

Release date NZ

September 30th, 2022

Author

W C Arnold

Audience

Professional & Vocational

Illustrations

10 illustrations

Pages

216

ISBN-13

9781682831281

Product ID

34773950

Customer reviews

Nobody has reviewed this product yet. You could be the first!

Write a Review

Marketplace listings

There are no Marketplace listings available for this product currently.
Already own it? Create a free listing and pay just 9% commission when it sells!

Sell Yours Here

Get free delivery, exclusive deals, and more^*

Non-Fiction Books:

Cattle, Cotton, Corn

By:

Format:

Buy Now, Pay Later with:

Availability

Description

Author Biography:

Customer reviews

Marketplace listings

Help & options

Filed under...

Get free delivery, exclusive deals, and more*

Buy Now, Pay Later with:

Author Biography:

Get free delivery, exclusive deals, and more^*