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

Promotional Information

Makes you understand the pitfalls and the danger and the foolishness of it all and still want to shout out, "yippee!" -- Donna Livingstone, author of The Cowboy Spirit: Guy Weadick and the Calgary Stampede

About the Author

Max Foran is a Professor in the Faculty ofCommunication and History at the University of Calgary. He has writtenextensively on various western Canadian urban, rural, and culturaltopics, most recently on ranching, urban growth, and sustainability.

Reviews

Makes you understand the pitfalls and the danger and the foolishness of it all and still want to shout out, yippee!"" - Donna Livingstone, author of The Cowboy Spirit: Guy Weadick and the Calgary Stampede