Riding High: Horses, Humans and History in South Africa

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An examination of the role of horses in the colonial economies of South Africa

Horses were key to the colonial economies of southern Africa, buttressing the socio-political order and inspiring contemporary imaginations. Just as they had done in Europe, Asia, the Americas and North Africa, these equine colonizers not only provided power and transportation to settlers (and later indigenous peoples) but also helped transform their new biophysical...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:186814514X

ISBN13:9781868145140

Release Date:January 2010

Publisher:Wits University Press

Length:360 Pages

Weight:1.00 lbs.

Dimensions:0.8" x 6.0" x 8.5"

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