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• catalog abstract "If not for a horse, would Alexander have been the Great? William, the Conqueror? Richard, the Lionhearted? If not for their awesome mounts, would the Spaniards have had their way with the New World? Would Paul Revere have spread the word? Would the West have been won? It is hard to comprehend how far horse power has carried us, difficult to imagine, in our era of mechanical wizardry and speed, what role the horse has played in shaping human history. This is the challenge. Juliet Clutton-Brock takes up in her book, a splendid blend of natural and social history that recounts the horse's story as it has figured in - and transfigured - our own. By drawing on biological, archaeological, and historical evidence, Clutton-Brock describes the wild horse and the wild ass, from their widespread distribution at the end of the last Ice Age to their near extinction today. She shows how these beasts, once hunted for meat, were drafted for work and. Domesticated as humans began to grasp the possibilities of riding horseback. This discovery, with the speed, distance, and power it offered, transformed the course of history. This elegant tale of the horse and donkey, wonderfully written and handsomely illustrated, revives the true meaning of "horse power." Juliet Clutton-Brock, senior scientist in the Department of Zoology at The Natural History Museum, London, and author of several fine books on domesticated animals. Provocatively shows us what a force the horse has been in determining how we live.".
• catalog contributor b3699500.
• catalog created "1992.".
• catalog date "1992".
• catalog date "1992.".
• catalog dateCopyrighted "1992.".
• catalog description "Domesticated as humans began to grasp the possibilities of riding horseback. This discovery, with the speed, distance, and power it offered, transformed the course of history. This elegant tale of the horse and donkey, wonderfully written and handsomely illustrated, revives the true meaning of "horse power." Juliet Clutton-Brock, senior scientist in the Department of Zoology at The Natural History Museum, London, and author of several fine books on domesticated animals.".
• catalog description "If not for a horse, would Alexander have been the Great? William, the Conqueror? Richard, the Lionhearted? If not for their awesome mounts, would the Spaniards have had their way with the New World? Would Paul Revere have spread the word? Would the West have been won? It is hard to comprehend how far horse power has carried us, difficult to imagine, in our era of mechanical wizardry and speed, what role the horse has played in shaping human history. This is the challenge.".
• catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
• catalog description "Juliet Clutton-Brock takes up in her book, a splendid blend of natural and social history that recounts the horse's story as it has figured in - and transfigured - our own. By drawing on biological, archaeological, and historical evidence, Clutton-Brock describes the wild horse and the wild ass, from their widespread distribution at the end of the last Ice Age to their near extinction today. She shows how these beasts, once hunted for meat, were drafted for work and.".
• catalog description "Provocatively shows us what a force the horse has been in determining how we live.".
• catalog description "pt. I. Wild horses and asses -- Family equidae -- Wild horses and asses in historic times -- pt. II. Equids that are without pride of ancestry or hope of posterity -- Hybrids and the breeding of mules -- pt. III. History of the domestic horse, donkey and mule -- Earliest domestication of the horse and the ass -- First wheeled transport, horse-riding, the stirrup, and nose-slitting -- Equids in ancient Egypt and western Asia, and the enigma of the onager -- Horses of Scythia and the Orient -- Equids in the classical world -- Equids in the Middle Ages -- Conquest of the Americas -- Equids in agriculture, transport, exploration, and warfare -- History of horse-racing.".
• catalog extent "192 p. :".
• catalog hasFormat "Horse power.".
• catalog identifier "067440646X".
• catalog isFormatOf "Horse power.".
• catalog issued "1992".
• catalog issued "1992.".
• catalog language "eng".
• catalog publisher "Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press,".
• catalog relation "Horse power.".
• catalog subject "636.1 20".
• catalog subject "Animals and civilization.".
• catalog subject "Civilization.".
• catalog subject "Donkeys History.".
• catalog subject "Equus History.".
• catalog subject "Horses History.".
• catalog subject "Mules History.".
• catalog subject "Perissodactyla.".
• catalog subject "SF 283".
• catalog subject "SF283 .C63 1992".
• catalog tableOfContents "pt. I. Wild horses and asses -- Family equidae -- Wild horses and asses in historic times -- pt. II. Equids that are without pride of ancestry or hope of posterity -- Hybrids and the breeding of mules -- pt. III. History of the domestic horse, donkey and mule -- Earliest domestication of the horse and the ass -- First wheeled transport, horse-riding, the stirrup, and nose-slitting -- Equids in ancient Egypt and western Asia, and the enigma of the onager -- Horses of Scythia and the Orient -- Equids in the classical world -- Equids in the Middle Ages -- Conquest of the Americas -- Equids in agriculture, transport, exploration, and warfare -- History of horse-racing.".
• catalog title "Horse power : a history of the horse and the donkey in human societies / Juliet Clutton-Brock.".
• catalog type "History. fast".
• catalog type "text".