| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
1 online resource |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introducing horse nations -- Ancestors -- A prodigal return -- North America I -- North America II: the central and northern plains -- North America III: West of the Rockies -- South America I: Caribbean deserts and tropical savannahs -- South America II: the southern cone -- The Old World: Southern Africa and Australasia -- Putting horse nations in context -- Appendix: Self-designations of native American peoples. |
| Summary |
The Native American on a horse is an archetypal Hollywood image, but though such equestrian-focused societies were a relatively short-lived consequence of European expansion overseas, they were not restricted to North America's Plains. Horse Nations provides the first wide-ranging and up-to-date synthesis of the impact of the horse on the Indigenous societies of North and South America, southern Africa, and Australasia following its introduction as a result of European contact post-1492. Drawing on sources in a variety of languages and on the evidence of archaeology, anthropology, and history, |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Horses -- History.
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Horses. |
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History. |
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Horsemanship -- History.
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Horsemanship. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Mitchell, Peter. Horse Nations: The Worldwide Impact of the Horse on Indigenous Societies Post-1492. Oxford : Oxford University Press, ©2015 9780198703839 |
| ISBN |
9780191008818 (electronic book) |
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0191008818 (electronic book) |
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019870383X |
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9780198703839 |
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9780198703839 |
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