Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Acknowledgements
Introduction
1 The Stampede in Historical Context / Max Foran
2 Making Tradition: The Calgary Stampede, 1912–1939 / Donald G. Wetherell
3 The Indians and the Stampede / Hugh A. Dempsey
4 Calgary’s Parading Culture Before 1912 / Lorry W. Felske
5 Midway to Respectability: Carnivals at the Calgary Stampede / Fiona Angus
6 More Than Partners: The Calgary Stampede and the City of Calgary / Max Foran
7 Riding Broncs and Taming Contradictions: Reflections on the Uses of the Cowboy in the Calgary Stampede / Tamara Palmer Seiler
8 A Spurring Soul: A Tenderfoot’s Guide to the Calgary Stampede Rodeo / Glen Mikkelsen
9 The Half a Mile of Heaven’s Gate / Aritha van Herk
10 “Cowtown It Ain’t”: The Stampede and Calgary’s Public Monuments / Frits Pannekoek
11 “A Wonderful Picture”: Western Art and the Calgary Stampede / Brian Rusted
12 The Social Construction of the Canadian Cowboy: Calgary Exhibitions and Stampede Posters, 1952–1972 / Robert M. Seiler and Tamara P. Seiler
13 Renewing the Calgary Stampede for the 21st Century: A Conversation with Vern Kimball, Stampede Chief Executive Officer
Bibliography
Contributors
Index
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