Horses, Power and Place

A More-Than-Human Geography of Equine Britain
1. Auflage 2025
ISBN: 978-1-032-59359-3
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)

Buch, Englisch, 206 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 299 g

Reihe: Routledge Human-Animal Studies Series

Horses, Power and Place explores the evolution of humanity’s relationship with horses, from early domestication through to the use of the horse as a draught animal, an agricultural, industrial and military asset, and an animal of sport and leisure.

Taking an historical approach, and using Britain as a case study, this is the first book-length exploration of the horse in the more-than-human geography of a nation. It traces the role and implications of horse-based mobility for the evolution of settlement structure, urban morphology and the rural landscape. It maps the growth and various uses of horses to the point of ‘peak horse’ in the early twentieth century before considering the contemporary place of the horse in twenty-first century economy and society. It assesses the role of the horse in the formation of places within Britain and in the formation of the nation. The book reflects on the implications of this historical and contemporary equine geography for animal geographies and animal studies. It argues for the study of animals in general in how places are made, not just by humans.

Written in a clear and accessible style, this book will be essential reading for students and scholars of animal geography and animal studies more widely.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate, Undergraduate Advanced, and Undergraduate Core

Autoren/Hrsg.

Ward, Neil

Fachgebiete

• Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Humangeographie
• Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Geographie: Allgemeines, Karten & Atlanten

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1. Introduction: Horses, Humanity and Scholarship

Chapter 2. Horses in Pre-Industrial History

Chapter 3. Horses, the Industrial Revolution and Empire

Chapter 4. Horses and the Town

Chapter 5. Horses and the Countryside

Chapter 6. The Horse Economy

Chapter 7. Horses and Social Change

Chapter 8. Horse Knowledge

Chapter 9. More-Than-Human Geography and Equine Futures

Bibliography

Über Autor(innen)

Neil Ward is Professor of Rural & Regional Development at the University of East Anglia in Norwich, where he was Deputy Vice Chancellor (2014–2021). He was Director of the Centre for Rural Economy at Newcastle University (2004–2008), served as a Cabinet Office advisor on agriculture and rural affairs, and is author of Net Zero, Food and Farming: Climate Change and the UK Agri-Food System (Routledge, 2023).