Wild horses of the West : history and politics of America's mustangs /

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When the Spanish explorers brought horses to North America, the horses were, in a sense, returning home. Beginning with their origins fifty million years ago, the wild horse has been traced from North America through Asia to the plains of Spain's Andalusia and then back across the Atlantic to t...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: De Steiguer, Joseph Edward
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Tucson : University of Arizona Press, ©2011.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Wild horses > West (U.S.) > History.
Wild horses > Government policy > West (U.S.)
Public lands > West (U.S.)
Horses > West (U.S.) > History.
Horses > Government policy > West (U.S.)
NATURE > General.
Wild horses > Government policy
Wild horses
Public lands
Politik
Wildpferd
Chevaux sauvages > États-Unis > Histoire.
West United States
USA
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • "Living symbols of the pioneer spirit of the West"
  • Origins of the horse
  • Of horses and humans
  • Physical and social nature of horses
  • Spanish horses enter the New World
  • Rise of Indian horse culture
  • America sweeps onto the Great Plains
  • Refuge in the Great Basin
  • "Wild Horse Annie" and the struggle for wild horse protection
  • Wild horse policy in action
  • Future of the West's wild horses.

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