{"product_id":"black-rodeo-in-the-texas-gulf-coast-region-9781498574679","title":"Black Rodeo in the Texas Gulf Coast Region","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eBlack Rodeo in the Texas Gulf Coast Region: Charcoal in the Ashes provides an in depth sociocultural and historical analysis of the genesis and contemporary state of affairs regarding African American rodeo cowboys in southeast Texas, whose ancestors were instrumental in the development of the most celebrated livestock management industry in the world. The author painstakingly chronicles the origin of the Texas cattle industry from its Mexican roots to Austin's Colony, better known as the George Plantation\/Ranch, where African Americans were intimately involved in the livestock management industry since its inception. Although enslaved before, during, and after the Republic of Texas was established, they were early stakeholders in the expansion of the western frontier, and an indispensable source of labor that facilitated the burgeoning cattle industry. Yet, as the author maintains, American history wantonly trivialized, marginalized, and blatantly omitted their contributions. This \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 1: Rodeo Roots and Etiological Aspects\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 2: Land Acquisition in Austin’s Colony and Cattle Ranching\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 3: African American Ancestral Involvement and Livestock Management\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 4: The Mythical West: Cowboys, Cattle Drives and Westward Expansion\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 5: The Emergence of the Black Rodeo Cowboy\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 6: Shadow Riders of the Subterranean Circuit\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 7: Black in the Saddle: The Best Bull Rider You Never Saw\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 8: The New Millennium: Black Rodeo and New Jack Cowboys\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 9: Reliving the Past via Contemporary Trail Riding\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Lexington Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51040818168151,"sku":"9781498574679","price":69.3,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781498574679.jpg?v=1750947946","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/black-rodeo-in-the-texas-gulf-coast-region-9781498574679","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}