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 CalgaryStampede / Fiona Angus
6 More Than Partners: The Calgary Stampede and the City ofCalgary / Max Foran
7 Riding Broncs and Taming Contradictions: Reflections on theUses of the Cowboy in the Calgary Stampede / Tamara Palmer Seiler
8 A Spurring Soul: A Tenderfoot’s Guide to the CalgaryStampede Rodeo / Glen Mikkelsen
9 The Half a Mile of Heaven’s Gate / Aritha van Herk
10 “Cowtown It Ain’t”: The Stampede andCalgary’s Public Monuments / Frits Pannekoek
11 “A Wonderful Picture”: Western Art and theCalgary Stampede / Brian Rusted
12 The Social Construction of the Canadian Cowboy: CalgaryExhibitions and Stampede Posters, 1952–1972 / Robert M. Seilerand Tamara P. Seiler
13 Renewing the Calgary Stampede for the 21st Century: AConversation with Vern Kimball, Stampede Chief Executive Officer
Bibliography
Contributors
Index