Susan’s newest project is a study of North American rodeo rough stock since the early 19th century, and the larger populations of horses and cattle from which they emerged.
It documents dynamic bucking bull and horse behaviors as historical processes to ask what these animals have done to help and to hinder the development of ranching, tourism, rodeo sports and for-profit entertainment in North America.
Rodeo Rough Stock
A History
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This research has been kindly funded by:
Dr. Susan Nance History Univ. of Guelph Guelph, ON N1G 2W1 Canada
snance@uoguelph.ca (519) 824-4120 ex. 56327 fax (519) 766-9516
© 2006-2010 SUSAN NANCE
English-language publications on this topic are in early development. In the meantime see...
Susan Nance, “Becoming Bodacious: Aufstieg und Fall eines Rodeo-Bullen [Becoming Bodacious: The Rise and Fall of a Rodeo Bull],” in Ich, das Tier: Tiere als Persönlichkeiten in Kunst, Wissenschaft und Geschichte, edited by Keike Fuhlbrügge, Jessica Ullrich and Friedrich Weltzien (Berlin: Reimer Verlag, 2008)