Farewell to the horse a cultural history
"Horses and humans share an ancient, profoundly complex relationship. Once our most indispensable companions, horses were for millennia essential in helping build our cities, farms, and industries. But during the twentieth century, in an increasingly mechanized society, they began to disappear from...
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English German |
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New York :
Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W.W. Norton & Company,
2018.
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| Edition: | First American edition. |
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| Summary: | "Horses and humans share an ancient, profoundly complex relationship. Once our most indispensable companions, horses were for millennia essential in helping build our cities, farms, and industries. But during the twentieth century, in an increasingly mechanized society, they began to disappear from human history. In this esoteric and rich tribute, [the author] chronicles the dramatic story of this most spectacular creature, thoroughly examining how they've been muses and brothers in arms, neglected and sacrificed in war yet memorialized in paintings, sculpture, and novels--and ultimately marginalized on racetracks and in pony clubs"--Amazon.com. |
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| Item Description: | "First published in German by Verlag C.H. Beck oHG Munchen in 2015 under the title Das letzte Jahrhundert der Pferde"--Title page verso. |
| Physical Description: | xiii, 449 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 376-437) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781631494321 1631494325 |
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