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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Main Author: Raulff, Ulrich, 1950- (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
German
Published: New York : Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W.W. Norton & Company, 2018.
Edition:First American edition.
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240 1 0 |a Letzte Jahrhundert der Pferde.  |l English 
245 1 0 |a Farewell to the horse :  |b a cultural history /  |c Ulrich Raulff ; translated by Ruth Ahmedzai Kemp. 
250 |a First American edition. 
264 1 |a New York :  |b Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W.W. Norton & Company,  |c 2018. 
300 |a xiii, 449 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates :  |b illustrations (some color) ;  |c 25 cm 
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500 |a "First published in German by Verlag C.H. Beck oHG Munchen in 2015 under the title Das letzte Jahrhundert der Pferde"--Title page verso. 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references (pages 376-437) and index. 
505 0 |a The long farewell -- Part I: The Centaurian pact : energy. Hell for horses ; A pastoral incident ; Riding West ; The shock ; The Jewish horsewoman -- Part II: A phantom in the library : knowledge. Blood and speed ; The anatomy lesson ; Connoisseurs and conmen ; Researchers -- Part III: The living metaphor : pathos. Napoleon ; The fourth rider ; The whip ; Turin: a winter's tale -- Part IV: The forgotten player : histories. Teeth and time ; Conquest ; Out of the picture ; Herodotus. 
520 |a "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. 
650 0 |a Horses  |x History. 
650 0 |a Human-animal relationships  |x History. 
775 0 8 |i Translation of (work):  |a Raulff, Ulrich.  |t Letzte Jahrhundert der Pferde Geschichte einer Trennung.  |d Müchen Beck, C H 2015  |z 9783406682445  |w (OCoLC)907954597 
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