MARC Record from Library of Congress

LEADER: 01487cam a2200277 a 4500
001 2008043690
003 DLC
005 20090911083753.0
008 081020s2009 enkab b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2008043690
020 $a9780521516594 (hardback)
020 $a0521516595 (hardback)
020 $a9780521736299 (pbk.)
020 $a0521736293 (pbk.)
035 $a(OCoLC)ocn263146829
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050 00 $aSF283$b.K437 2009
082 00 $a636.1009$222
100 1 $aKelekna, Pita,$d1938-
245 14 $aThe horse in human history /$cPita Kelekna.
260 $aCambridge ;$aNew York :$bCambridge University Press,$c2009.
300 $axiv, 460 p. :$bill., maps ;$c23 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 407-448) and index.
505 0 $aIntroduction 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.
650 0 $aHorses$xHistory.
650 0 $aAnimals and civilization.