TY - GEN AU - Mitchell, Peter TI - Horse nations: the worldwide impact of the horse on indigenous societies Post-1492 SN - 9780198703839 U1 - 636.1009 PY - 2015/// CY - New York PB - Oxford University Press KW - Horsemanship KW - Horses KW - Horsemen and horsewomen KW - Indians--Domestic animals KW - Indigenous peoples N1 - Includes references and bibliography N2 - The Native American on a horse is an archetypal Hollywood image, but though such equestrian-focused societies were a relatively short-lived consequence of European expansion overseas, they were not restricted to North America's Plains. Horse Nations provides the first wide-ranging and up-to-date synthesis of the impact of the horse on the Indigenous societies of North and South America, southern Africa, and Australasia following its introduction as a result of European contact post-1492. Drawing on sources in a variety of languages and on the evidence of archaeology, anthropology, and history ER -