| Description |
175 pages, 63 plates; : illustrations (some color), facsimiles, maps, portraits ; 25 cm |
| Note |
Translation of Pferde, Reiter, Völkerstürme. |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages 167-170. |
| Contents |
Part I. Man and horse -- Man as breeder -- Man and the evolution of transport -- The beginnings of horse-breeding -- The primary centre of nomadic stock-breeding -- "The centre of the world" -- Migrations and the mounted warrior -- The Bactrian or Turanian horse -- Part II. The day of the horseman -- Distribution of the Bactrian horse in early times -- Horsemanship and equitation in classical antiquity -- Decline and renaissance of European horsemanship -- Europe at the time of the last eastern mounted invasions -- Part III. The equestrian civilization -- The threefold Turanian legacy -- The west European tradition -- The Arabian tradition -- Horsemanship in central Asia -- Part IV. A uniform Europe -- Contributions for the east and west -- Eastern customs -- Western influences and their historical effect -- The thoroughbred -- Part V. Sport and performance, past and present -- Equestrian sports -- Feats on horseback |
| Subject |
Horses -- History.
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Horses. |
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History. |
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Horsemanship -- History.
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Horsemanship. |
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Civilization -- History.
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Civilization. |
| Added Title |
Pferde, Reiter, Völkerstürme. English
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| ISBN |
0245504125 £4.50 |
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