Background
Slatta, Richard Wayne was born on October 22, 1947 in Powers Lake, North Dakota, United States. Son of Jerome Elmer and Amy Irene (Solberg) Slatta.
( This collection explores the varieties of banditry in L...)
This collection explores the varieties of banditry in Latin America and provides a major comparative testing of Hobsbawm's model of the social bandit. Comprised of a unique collection of essays, it contributes to a more accurate understanding of bandit leaders and followers, as well as to the analysis of banditry as a social phenomenon.
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( Alphabetically organized and thoroughly cross-reference...)
Alphabetically organized and thoroughly cross-referenced entries provide information on cowboy history, culture, and myth in North and South America. Entries include cowboy types, equipment, dress, work, and recreation. illustrated, with informative appendixes, an index, and bibliography.
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( Although as much romanticized as the American cowboy, t...)
Although as much romanticized as the American cowboy, the Argentine gaucho lived a persecuted, marginal existence, beleaguered by mandatory passports, vagrancy laws, and forced military service. The story of this nineteenth-century migratory ranch hand is told in vivid detail by Richard W. Slatta, a professor of history at North Carolina State University at Raleigh and the author of Cowboys of the Americas (1990).
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Slatta, Richard Wayne was born on October 22, 1947 in Powers Lake, North Dakota, United States. Son of Jerome Elmer and Amy Irene (Solberg) Slatta.
Bachelor in History, Pacific Lutheran U., 1965-1969; Master of Arts in History, Portland (Oregon) State University, 1973-1974; Doctor of Philosophy in History, University Texas, 1974-1980.
Visiting instructor, U. Colorado, Boulder, 1979-1980; professor of history, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, since 1980.
( Although as much romanticized as the American cowboy, t...)
( This collection explores the varieties of banditry in L...)
( Alphabetically organized and thoroughly cross-reference...)
With United States Army, 1971-1973. Member American History Association, Western History Association, Sigma Delta Pi, Phi Alpha Theta.
Married Zoya Maxine Atkinson, June 25, 1982. 1 child, Jerome David.