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Horse Nations - The Worldwide Impact of the Horse on Indigenous Societies Post-1492 (Hardcover)
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Horse Nations - The Worldwide Impact of the Horse on Indigenous Societies Post-1492 (Hardcover)
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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, the volume outlines the transformations
that the acquisition of the horse wrought on a diverse range of
groups within these four continents. It explores key topics such as
changes in subsistence, technology, and belief systems, the horse's
role in facilitating the emergence of more hierarchical social
formations, and the interplay between ecology, climate, and human
action in adopting the horse, as well as considering how far
equestrian lifestyles were ultimately unsustainable.
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