Riding pretty rodeo royalty in the American West

In 1910, when the town of Pendleton, Oregon, held its first large-scale rodeo, the Pendleton Round-Up, it introduced a new kind of rodeo queen - not a traveling cowgirl performer but a young, middle-class woman from its own town. This work examines the history, evolution, and significance of the com...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Laegreid, René́e M. (-)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press 2006.
Colección:EBSCO Academic eBook Collection Complete.
Women in the West.
Acceso en línea:Conectar con la versión electrónica
Ver en Universidad de Navarra:https://innopac.unav.es/record=b31815844*spi
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Sumario:In 1910, when the town of Pendleton, Oregon, held its first large-scale rodeo, the Pendleton Round-Up, it introduced a new kind of rodeo queen - not a traveling cowgirl performer but a young, middle-class woman from its own town. This work examines the history, evolution, and significance of the community-sponsored rodeo queen.
Descripción Física:x, 273 p. : il., mapas
Formato:Forma de acceso: World Wide Web.
Bibliografía:Incluye referencias bibliográficas (p. 261-269) e índice.
ISBN:9780803257184