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The horse in human history
- Title
- The horse in human history / Pita Kelekna.
- Author
- Kelekna, Pita, 1938-
- Publication
- Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Book/Text | Use in library | JFE 09-5810 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
Details
- Description
- xiv, 460 p. : ill., maps; 23 cm.
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 407-448) and index.
- Contents
- Introduction to equestrian man and to Equus -- Equus caballus: horse domestication and agro-pastoralism across the Eurasian steppes -- Nomadic horse culture of the steppes -- Expansion from the steppes to Southwestern and Southern Asia -- China and the steppes beyond its borders -- Equestrian Europe--solar edifices, hippodromes, and Arthurian chivalry -- Arabian conquest from the South -- Turkic-invader converts to Islam and crusader opponents -- From the steppes, the Altaic Nomad conquest of Eurasia -- From Europe, Equus returns to its continent of origin -- Horses are us.
- Call Number
- JFE 09-5810
- ISBN
- 9780521516594 (hardback)
- 0521516595 (hardback)
- 9780521736299 (pbk.)
- 0521736293 (pbk.)
- LCCN
- 2008043690
- OCLC
- 263146829
- Author
- Kelekna, Pita, 1938-
- Title
- The horse in human history / Pita Kelekna.
- Imprint
- Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 407-448) and index.
- Research Call Number
- JFE 09-5810