Horse Nations
The Worldwide Impact of the Horse on Indigenous Societies Post-1492
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP Oxford
- Date of Publication 26 March 2015
- ISBN 9780198703839
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages464 pages
- Size 222x148x29 mm
- Weight 792 g
- Language English
- Illustrations 97 black and white illustrations and 16 colour plates 0
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Short description:
Horse Nations provides the first globally comparative study of the impact of the horse on the Indigenous societies of North and South America, southern Africa, and Australasia following its (re-)introduction as a result of European contacts and settlement after Columbus' first voyage to the Americas in 1492.
MoreLong description:
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, the volume outlines the transformations that the acquisition of the horse wrought on a diverse range of groups within these four continents. It explores key topics such as changes in subsistence, technology, and belief systems, the horse's role in facilitating the emergence of more hierarchical social formations, and the interplay between ecology, climate, and human action in adopting the horse, as well as considering how far equestrian lifestyles were ultimately unsustainable.
As well as offering a template for the melding of historical, anthropological and archaeological data, methods and perspectives, Horse Nations is a substantial contribution to the study of borderland environments, middle grounds and hybrid societies. It is also a major addition to the field of horse history
Table of Contents:
Acknowledgements
List of Figures
List of Colour Plates
List of Tables
Introducing Horse Nations
Ancestors
A Prodigal Return
North America I: The Southwest and the Southern Plains
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 1: Self-Designations of Native American Peoples
References
Index
