Roots and Resilience: California Ranchers in their Own Words - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1647791618 ISBN 13: 9781647791612

Publisher: University of Nevada Press, 2024

Synopsis

In Roots and Resilience, the authors invite readers to consider an intimate relationship with the California landscape and its history. Ranching in the region goes back centuries, and many of these essayists have long family lineages in the area, while other contributors are newer to the region. Through their authentic voices, these writers provide a lens through which we can better understand the language of this landscape.

The editors have drawn together these stories, poems, and musings from ranchers across the state, calling upon real people to share their experiences, and beckoning readers to find a shared understanding concerning often divisive land-use topics. Many perspectives are considered, including those of transplanted suburbanites to seventh-generation heirs. Notably, many women’s writings are including in the book, offering unique and valuable perspectives on ranching culture.

Roots and Resilience gives voice to California’s Indigenous, Mexican American, Basque and other European American ranchers, asking the reader to find common ground in the name of land stewardship and conservation.

About this title

About the Author

Susan Edinger Marshall is an emeritus professor of rangeland resources and wildland soils at California State Polytechnic University, Humboldt. Marshall earned a BS in environmental science, an MS in range management at the University of Arizona, and a PhD in soil science at the University of California, Riverside.

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From the Introduction:

“I encourage you to breathe in these perspectives, some smooth and seasoned like a leather saddle, others young, sprouting leaves in the warmth of the spring sun. You won’t agree with everything—none of us will—and from that we will all learn something.”
 

Edition details

• Publisher: University of Nevada Press
• Publication date: 2024
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1647791618
• ISBN 13: 9781647791612
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 120
• Editor: Marshall Susan Edinger