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The age of the horse : an equine journey through human history / / Susanna Forrest
The age of the horse : an equine journey through human history / / Susanna Forrest
Autore Forrest Susanna
Edizione [First Grove Atlantic hardcover edition.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa New York : , : Atlantic Monthly Press, , 2017
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (xi, 418 pages) : illustrations
Disciplina 636.1
Soggetto topico Horses - History
Animals and civilization
Soggetto genere / forma Electronic books.
ISBN 0-8021-8951-2
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Record Nr. UNINA-9910511759703321
Forrest Susanna  
New York : , : Atlantic Monthly Press, , 2017
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The age of the horse : an equine journey through human history / / Susanna Forrest
The age of the horse : an equine journey through human history / / Susanna Forrest
Autore Forrest Susanna
Edizione [First Grove Atlantic hardcover edition.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa New York : , : Atlantic Monthly Press, , 2017
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (xi, 418 pages) : illustrations
Disciplina 636.1
Soggetto topico Horses - History
Animals and civilization
Soggetto genere / forma Electronic books.
ISBN 0-8021-8951-2
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Record Nr. UNINA-9910544375503321
Forrest Susanna  
New York : , : Atlantic Monthly Press, , 2017
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The horse as cultural icon [[electronic resource] ] : the real and symbolic horse in the early modern world / / edited by Peter Edwards, Karl Enenkel, and Elspeth Graham
The horse as cultural icon [[electronic resource] ] : the real and symbolic horse in the early modern world / / edited by Peter Edwards, Karl Enenkel, and Elspeth Graham
Pubbl/distr/stampa Leiden ; ; Boston, : Brill, 2012
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (426 p.)
Disciplina 636.1009
Altri autori (Persone) EdwardsPeter (Peter Roger)
EnenkelK. A. E
GrahamElspeth <1953->
Collana Intersections : interdisciplinary studies in early modern culture
Soggetto topico Horses - History
Horses - Social aspects - History
Soggetto genere / forma Electronic books.
ISBN 1-283-31082-1
9786613310828
90-04-22242-1
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Preliminary Material -- Introduction: The Horse as Cultural Icon: The Real and the Symbolic Horse in the Early Modern World / Peter Edwards and Elspeth Graham -- The Duke of Newcastle’s ‘Love [. . .] For Good Horses’: An Exploration of Meanings / Elspeth Graham -- Visual Aids: Equestrian Iconography and the Training of Horse, Rider and Reader / Pia F. Cuneo -- Big Men, Small Horses: Ridership, Social Standing and Environmental Adaptation in the Early Modern Philippines / Greg Bankoff -- Letting Loose the Horses: Sir Philip Sidney’s Exordium to The Defence of Poesie / Elizabeth Anne Socolow -- The Legacy of Federico Grisone / Elizabeth M. Tobey -- Altering a Race of Jades: Horse Breeding and Geohumoralism in Shakespeare / Ian F. MacInnes -- “Beware a Bastard Breed”: Notes Towards a Revisionist History of the Thoroughbred Racehorse / Richard Nash -- ‘The Most Excellent of Animal Creatures’: Health Care for Horses in Early Modern England / Louise Hill Curth -- “Dark Horses”: The Horse in Africa in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries / Sandra Swart -- The Renaissance Studs of the Gonzagas of Mantua / Andrea Tonni -- Image and Reality: Upper Class Perceptions of the Horse in Early Modern England / Peter Edwards -- ‘Know Us by Our Horses’: Equine Imagery in Shakespeare’s Henriad / Jennifer Flaherty -- ‘The Author of their Skill’: Human and Equine Understanding in the Duke of Newcastle’s ‘New Method’ / Elaine Walker -- The Military Value of Horses and the Social Value of the Horse in Early Modern England / Gavin Robinson -- Forging Iron and Masculinity: Farrier Trade Identities in Early Modern Germany / Amanda Eisemann -- Index Nominum.
Record Nr. UNINA-9910457413303321
Leiden ; ; Boston, : Brill, 2012
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The horse as cultural icon [[electronic resource] ] : the real and symbolic horse in the early modern world / / edited by Peter Edwards, Karl Enenkel, and Elspeth Graham
The horse as cultural icon [[electronic resource] ] : the real and symbolic horse in the early modern world / / edited by Peter Edwards, Karl Enenkel, and Elspeth Graham
Pubbl/distr/stampa Leiden ; ; Boston, : Brill, 2012
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (426 p.)
Disciplina 636.1009
Altri autori (Persone) EdwardsPeter (Peter Roger)
EnenkelK. A. E
GrahamElspeth <1953->
Collana Intersections : interdisciplinary studies in early modern culture
Soggetto topico Horses - History
Horses - Social aspects - History
ISBN 1-283-31082-1
9786613310828
90-04-22242-1
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Preliminary Material -- Introduction: The Horse as Cultural Icon: The Real and the Symbolic Horse in the Early Modern World / Peter Edwards and Elspeth Graham -- The Duke of Newcastle’s ‘Love [. . .] For Good Horses’: An Exploration of Meanings / Elspeth Graham -- Visual Aids: Equestrian Iconography and the Training of Horse, Rider and Reader / Pia F. Cuneo -- Big Men, Small Horses: Ridership, Social Standing and Environmental Adaptation in the Early Modern Philippines / Greg Bankoff -- Letting Loose the Horses: Sir Philip Sidney’s Exordium to The Defence of Poesie / Elizabeth Anne Socolow -- The Legacy of Federico Grisone / Elizabeth M. Tobey -- Altering a Race of Jades: Horse Breeding and Geohumoralism in Shakespeare / Ian F. MacInnes -- “Beware a Bastard Breed”: Notes Towards a Revisionist History of the Thoroughbred Racehorse / Richard Nash -- ‘The Most Excellent of Animal Creatures’: Health Care for Horses in Early Modern England / Louise Hill Curth -- “Dark Horses”: The Horse in Africa in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries / Sandra Swart -- The Renaissance Studs of the Gonzagas of Mantua / Andrea Tonni -- Image and Reality: Upper Class Perceptions of the Horse in Early Modern England / Peter Edwards -- ‘Know Us by Our Horses’: Equine Imagery in Shakespeare’s Henriad / Jennifer Flaherty -- ‘The Author of their Skill’: Human and Equine Understanding in the Duke of Newcastle’s ‘New Method’ / Elaine Walker -- The Military Value of Horses and the Social Value of the Horse in Early Modern England / Gavin Robinson -- Forging Iron and Masculinity: Farrier Trade Identities in Early Modern Germany / Amanda Eisemann -- Index Nominum.
Record Nr. UNINA-9910781965903321
Leiden ; ; Boston, : Brill, 2012
Materiale a stampa
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The horse as cultural icon [[electronic resource] ] : the real and symbolic horse in the early modern world / / edited by Peter Edwards, Karl Enenkel, and Elspeth Graham
The horse as cultural icon [[electronic resource] ] : the real and symbolic horse in the early modern world / / edited by Peter Edwards, Karl Enenkel, and Elspeth Graham
Pubbl/distr/stampa Leiden ; ; Boston, : Brill, 2012
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (426 p.)
Disciplina 636.1009
Altri autori (Persone) EdwardsPeter (Peter Roger)
EnenkelK. A. E
GrahamElspeth <1953->
Collana Intersections : interdisciplinary studies in early modern culture
Soggetto topico Horses - History
Horses - Social aspects - History
ISBN 1-283-31082-1
9786613310828
90-04-22242-1
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Preliminary Material -- Introduction: The Horse as Cultural Icon: The Real and the Symbolic Horse in the Early Modern World / Peter Edwards and Elspeth Graham -- The Duke of Newcastle’s ‘Love [. . .] For Good Horses’: An Exploration of Meanings / Elspeth Graham -- Visual Aids: Equestrian Iconography and the Training of Horse, Rider and Reader / Pia F. Cuneo -- Big Men, Small Horses: Ridership, Social Standing and Environmental Adaptation in the Early Modern Philippines / Greg Bankoff -- Letting Loose the Horses: Sir Philip Sidney’s Exordium to The Defence of Poesie / Elizabeth Anne Socolow -- The Legacy of Federico Grisone / Elizabeth M. Tobey -- Altering a Race of Jades: Horse Breeding and Geohumoralism in Shakespeare / Ian F. MacInnes -- “Beware a Bastard Breed”: Notes Towards a Revisionist History of the Thoroughbred Racehorse / Richard Nash -- ‘The Most Excellent of Animal Creatures’: Health Care for Horses in Early Modern England / Louise Hill Curth -- “Dark Horses”: The Horse in Africa in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries / Sandra Swart -- The Renaissance Studs of the Gonzagas of Mantua / Andrea Tonni -- Image and Reality: Upper Class Perceptions of the Horse in Early Modern England / Peter Edwards -- ‘Know Us by Our Horses’: Equine Imagery in Shakespeare’s Henriad / Jennifer Flaherty -- ‘The Author of their Skill’: Human and Equine Understanding in the Duke of Newcastle’s ‘New Method’ / Elaine Walker -- The Military Value of Horses and the Social Value of the Horse in Early Modern England / Gavin Robinson -- Forging Iron and Masculinity: Farrier Trade Identities in Early Modern Germany / Amanda Eisemann -- Index Nominum.
Record Nr. UNINA-9910808990403321
Leiden ; ; Boston, : Brill, 2012
Materiale a stampa
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Horse nations : the worldwide impact of the horse on indigenous societies post-1492 / / Peter Mitchell
Horse nations : the worldwide impact of the horse on indigenous societies post-1492 / / Peter Mitchell
Autore Mitchell Peter
Edizione [First edition.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa New York, New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2015
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (477 p.)
Disciplina 636.1009
Collana Oxford scholarship online
Soggetto topico Horses - History
Horsemanship - History
Soggetto genere / forma Electronic books.
ISBN 0-19-191676-5
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto ""Cover ""; ""Horse Nations: The Worldwide Impact of the Horse on Indigenoussocieties Post-1492 ""; ""Copyright ""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""Contents""; ""List of Figures""; ""List of Colour Plates""; ""List of Tables""; ""1: Introducing Horse Nations""; ""Beginnings""; ""At the borderlands of empires""; ""Why horses?""; ""Of big dogs and complex horses""; ""Courses for horses (or themes for Horse Nations)""; ""Approaching Horse Nations: structure and organization""; ""A note on nomenclature""; ""Notes""; ""2: Ancestors""; ""Introduction""; ""Evolution""; ""The horse family today""
""The biology of the horse""""Hunters and horses""; ""After the ice""; ""The taming of the horse""; ""Horse Nations of Eurasia""; ""Notes""; ""3: A Prodigal Return""; ""Introduction""; ""Humans arrive in horseland""; ""They shoot horses: don�t they?""; ""Extinction: north""; ""Extinction: south""; ""A world without horses""; ""The return of the horse""; ""Flourishing mightily""; ""Notes""; ""4: North America I""; ""Introduction""; ""Before the horse""; ""The horses of Santiago""; ""Singing for horses""; ""Fighting on horses""; ""Keeping people safe and horses holy""
""Lords of the Southern Plains""""Comanche imperialism""; ""�A profound material revolution�""; ""Riding into the sunset""; ""The deer hunters""; ""Notes""; ""5: North America II: The Central and Northern Plains""; ""Introduction""; ""Ecological background""; ""Peopling the Plains""; ""Keeping horses on the Plains""; ""�Big dogs� and little dogs: changes in transportation and settlement""; ""Buffalo runners: the horse as hunter""; ""Of furs and bison robes: trade and gender in the age of the horse""; ""Horses as instruments of politics and war""; ""Imag(in)ing the horse""
""Horses of medicine and myth""""Equestrian villagers and equestrian nomads""; ""Horse wars""; ""Notes""; ""6: North America III: West of the Rockies""; ""Introduction""; ""Have horses, will raid: horses and slaves in the Great Basin""; ""Becoming like the Plains: the horse on the Columbia Plateau""; ""Horse-raiders of California""; ""�Do not trust the horse�""; ""Notes""; ""7: South America I: Caribbean Deserts and Tropical Savannahs""; ""La Guajira: introducing the Wayu�u""; ""Smugglers of the Caribbean""; ""Horses and other livestock""; ""Explaining horses the Wayu�u way""
""The Llanos: going without the horse?""""Jesuits and Horse Nations at the heart of South America""; ""Enter, the horse""; ""The missions and after""; ""The Kadiwe�u, Brazil�s �Indios cavaleiros�""; ""Notes""; ""8: South America II: The Southern Cone""; ""Geography and ethnography of the Southern Cone""; ""The War of Arauco""; ""Making horses Mapuche""; ""Free spirits: horses and cattle on the Pampas and in Patagonia""; ""Uniting the Cone: a regional pastoral economy""; ""Becoming Araucanian, becoming Tehuelche""; ""Archaeological perspectives on horses and other livestock""
""Patagonian horses in life and death""
Record Nr. UNINA-9910460195803321
Mitchell Peter  
New York, New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2015
Materiale a stampa
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
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Horse nations : the worldwide impact of the horse on Indigenous societies post-1492 / / Peter Mitchell
Horse nations : the worldwide impact of the horse on Indigenous societies post-1492 / / Peter Mitchell
Autore Mitchell Peter <1962->
Edizione [First edition.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa New York, New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2015
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (477 p.)
Disciplina 636.1009
Collana Oxford scholarship online
Soggetto topico Horses - History
Horsemanship - History
ISBN 0-19-100882-6
0-19-191676-5
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto ""Cover ""; ""Horse Nations: The Worldwide Impact of the Horse on Indigenoussocieties Post-1492 ""; ""Copyright ""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""Contents""; ""List of Figures""; ""List of Colour Plates""; ""List of Tables""; ""1: Introducing Horse Nations""; ""Beginnings""; ""At the borderlands of empires""; ""Why horses?""; ""Of big dogs and complex horses""; ""Courses for horses (or themes for Horse Nations)""; ""Approaching Horse Nations: structure and organization""; ""A note on nomenclature""; ""Notes""; ""2: Ancestors""; ""Introduction""; ""Evolution""; ""The horse family today""
""The biology of the horse""""Hunters and horses""; ""After the ice""; ""The taming of the horse""; ""Horse Nations of Eurasia""; ""Notes""; ""3: A Prodigal Return""; ""Introduction""; ""Humans arrive in horseland""; ""They shoot horses: don�t they?""; ""Extinction: north""; ""Extinction: south""; ""A world without horses""; ""The return of the horse""; ""Flourishing mightily""; ""Notes""; ""4: North America I""; ""Introduction""; ""Before the horse""; ""The horses of Santiago""; ""Singing for horses""; ""Fighting on horses""; ""Keeping people safe and horses holy""
""Lords of the Southern Plains""""Comanche imperialism""; ""�A profound material revolution�""; ""Riding into the sunset""; ""The deer hunters""; ""Notes""; ""5: North America II: The Central and Northern Plains""; ""Introduction""; ""Ecological background""; ""Peopling the Plains""; ""Keeping horses on the Plains""; ""�Big dogs� and little dogs: changes in transportation and settlement""; ""Buffalo runners: the horse as hunter""; ""Of furs and bison robes: trade and gender in the age of the horse""; ""Horses as instruments of politics and war""; ""Imag(in)ing the horse""
""Horses of medicine and myth""""Equestrian villagers and equestrian nomads""; ""Horse wars""; ""Notes""; ""6: North America III: West of the Rockies""; ""Introduction""; ""Have horses, will raid: horses and slaves in the Great Basin""; ""Becoming like the Plains: the horse on the Columbia Plateau""; ""Horse-raiders of California""; ""�Do not trust the horse�""; ""Notes""; ""7: South America I: Caribbean Deserts and Tropical Savannahs""; ""La Guajira: introducing the Wayu�u""; ""Smugglers of the Caribbean""; ""Horses and other livestock""; ""Explaining horses the Wayu�u way""
""The Llanos: going without the horse?""""Jesuits and Horse Nations at the heart of South America""; ""Enter, the horse""; ""The missions and after""; ""The Kadiwe�u, Brazil�s �Indios cavaleiros�""; ""Notes""; ""8: South America II: The Southern Cone""; ""Geography and ethnography of the Southern Cone""; ""The War of Arauco""; ""Making horses Mapuche""; ""Free spirits: horses and cattle on the Pampas and in Patagonia""; ""Uniting the Cone: a regional pastoral economy""; ""Becoming Araucanian, becoming Tehuelche""; ""Archaeological perspectives on horses and other livestock""
""Patagonian horses in life and death""
Record Nr. UNINA-9910797186103321
Mitchell Peter <1962->  
New York, New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2015
Materiale a stampa
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
Opac: Controlla la disponibilità qui
Horse nations : the worldwide impact of the horse on Indigenous societies post-1492 / / Peter Mitchell
Horse nations : the worldwide impact of the horse on Indigenous societies post-1492 / / Peter Mitchell
Autore Mitchell Peter <1962->
Edizione [First edition.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa New York, New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2015
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (477 p.)
Disciplina 636.1009
Collana Oxford scholarship online
Soggetto topico Horses - History
Horsemanship - History
ISBN 0-19-100882-6
0-19-191676-5
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto ""Cover ""; ""Horse Nations: The Worldwide Impact of the Horse on Indigenoussocieties Post-1492 ""; ""Copyright ""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""Contents""; ""List of Figures""; ""List of Colour Plates""; ""List of Tables""; ""1: Introducing Horse Nations""; ""Beginnings""; ""At the borderlands of empires""; ""Why horses?""; ""Of big dogs and complex horses""; ""Courses for horses (or themes for Horse Nations)""; ""Approaching Horse Nations: structure and organization""; ""A note on nomenclature""; ""Notes""; ""2: Ancestors""; ""Introduction""; ""Evolution""; ""The horse family today""
""The biology of the horse""""Hunters and horses""; ""After the ice""; ""The taming of the horse""; ""Horse Nations of Eurasia""; ""Notes""; ""3: A Prodigal Return""; ""Introduction""; ""Humans arrive in horseland""; ""They shoot horses: don�t they?""; ""Extinction: north""; ""Extinction: south""; ""A world without horses""; ""The return of the horse""; ""Flourishing mightily""; ""Notes""; ""4: North America I""; ""Introduction""; ""Before the horse""; ""The horses of Santiago""; ""Singing for horses""; ""Fighting on horses""; ""Keeping people safe and horses holy""
""Lords of the Southern Plains""""Comanche imperialism""; ""�A profound material revolution�""; ""Riding into the sunset""; ""The deer hunters""; ""Notes""; ""5: North America II: The Central and Northern Plains""; ""Introduction""; ""Ecological background""; ""Peopling the Plains""; ""Keeping horses on the Plains""; ""�Big dogs� and little dogs: changes in transportation and settlement""; ""Buffalo runners: the horse as hunter""; ""Of furs and bison robes: trade and gender in the age of the horse""; ""Horses as instruments of politics and war""; ""Imag(in)ing the horse""
""Horses of medicine and myth""""Equestrian villagers and equestrian nomads""; ""Horse wars""; ""Notes""; ""6: North America III: West of the Rockies""; ""Introduction""; ""Have horses, will raid: horses and slaves in the Great Basin""; ""Becoming like the Plains: the horse on the Columbia Plateau""; ""Horse-raiders of California""; ""�Do not trust the horse�""; ""Notes""; ""7: South America I: Caribbean Deserts and Tropical Savannahs""; ""La Guajira: introducing the Wayu�u""; ""Smugglers of the Caribbean""; ""Horses and other livestock""; ""Explaining horses the Wayu�u way""
""The Llanos: going without the horse?""""Jesuits and Horse Nations at the heart of South America""; ""Enter, the horse""; ""The missions and after""; ""The Kadiwe�u, Brazil�s �Indios cavaleiros�""; ""Notes""; ""8: South America II: The Southern Cone""; ""Geography and ethnography of the Southern Cone""; ""The War of Arauco""; ""Making horses Mapuche""; ""Free spirits: horses and cattle on the Pampas and in Patagonia""; ""Uniting the Cone: a regional pastoral economy""; ""Becoming Araucanian, becoming Tehuelche""; ""Archaeological perspectives on horses and other livestock""
""Patagonian horses in life and death""
Record Nr. UNINA-9910823388903321
Mitchell Peter <1962->  
New York, New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2015
Materiale a stampa
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