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Horse nations : the worldwide impact of the horse on Indigenous societies post-1492 /
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-dat...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York, NY :
Oxford University Press USA,
2015.
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| Edición: | First edition. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | 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, |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xiv, 444 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (some color), black & white maps |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780191008818 0191008818 9780191916762 0191916765 0191008826 9780191008825 |