Displaying 1 of 1 2018 Format: Book Author: Raulff, Ulrich, 1950- author. Title: Farewell to the horse : a cultural history / Ulrich Raulff ; translated by Ruth Ahmedzai Kemp. Edition: First American edition. Publisher, Date: New York : Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W.W. Norton & Company, 2018. Description: xiii, 449 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm Subjects: Horses -- History. Human-animal relationships -- History. Other Title: Letzte Jahrhundert der Pferde. English Notes: "First published in German by Verlag C. H. Beck oHG Munchen in 2015 under the title Das letzte Jahrhundert der Pferde"--Title page verso. Includes bibliographical references (pages 376-437) and index. Contents: The long farewell -- Part I. The centaurian pact: Energy. Hell for horses ; A pastoral incident ; Riding west ; The shock ; A Jewish horsewoman -- Part II. A phantom in the library: Knowledge. Blood and speed ; The anatomy lesson ; Connoisseurs and conmen ; Researchers -- Part III. The living metaphor: Pathos. Napoleon ; The fourth rider ; The whip ; Turin: a winter's tale -- Part IV. The forgotten player: Histories. Teeth and time ; Conquest ; Out of the picture ; Herodotus. LCCN: 2017047848 ISBN: 9781631494321 1631494325 9781631494321 Other Number: 1012703693 System Availability: 1 Current Holds: 0 # Local items: 1 Control Number: 707400 # Local items in: 1 # System items in: 1 Call Number: 636.1 Raulff Place Hold Add to My List Expand All | Collapse All Availability Map It Suggestions and more Displaying 1 of 1
