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11%OFFMargaret E. Derry - Horses in Society - 9781487520366 - V9781487520366
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Horses in Society

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Description for Horses in Society Paperback. Derry's fascinating study is also a story of the evolution of animal medicine and humanitarian movements, and of international relations, particularly between Canada and the United States. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJC; 3JJF; MZDH; TVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152. .

Before crude oil and the combustion engine, the industrialized world relied on a different kind of power - the power of the horse. Horses in Society is the story of horse production in the United States, Britain, and Canada at the height of the species' usefulness, the late nineteenth and early twentieth-century. Margaret E. Derry shows how horse breeding practices used during this period to heighten the value of the animals in the marketplace incorporated a intriguing cross section of influences, including Mendelism, eugenics, and Darwinism.

Derry elucidates the increasingly complex horse world by looking at the international trade in army ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
302
Condition
New
Number of Pages
302
Place of Publication
Toronto, Canada
ISBN
9781487520366
SKU
V9781487520366
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99-14

About Margaret E. Derry
Margaret E. Derry is an adjunct professor in the Department of History and associated faculty at the Campbell Centre for Animal Welfare in the Department of Animal and Poultry Science at the University of Guelph.

Reviews for Horses in Society
“This handsome book offers a telling glimpse into the often-charged world of horse breeding and horse trading in North America and Britain between 1800 and 1920.”
Lawrence Scanlan
The Globe and Mail
“A full and complex picture of horse culture.”
Karen Raber
American Historical Review
“Although draft animals have often been treated as footnotes ... Read more

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