Author: Charmaine Grobbelaar
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Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 246
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The Arabian Horse and Its Influence in South Africa
Author: Charmaine Grobbelaar
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Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 246
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Publisher:
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Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 246
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Riding High
Author: Sandra Swart
Publisher: NYU Press
ISBN: 1868148548
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 528
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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 and social environments. The horses introduced to the southern tip of Africa were not only agents but subjects of enduring changes. This book explores the introduction of these horses under VOC rule in the mid-seventeenth century, their dissemination into the interior, their acquisition by indigenous groups and their ever-shifting roles. In undergoing their relocation to the Cape, the horse of the Dutch empire in southeast Asia experienced a physical transformation over time. Establishing an early breeding stock was fraught with difficulty and horses remained vulnerable in the new and dangerous environment. They had to be nurtured into defending their owners' ambitions: first those of the white settlement and then African and other hybrid social groupings. The book traces the way horses were adapted by shifting human needs in the nineteenth century. It focuses on their experiences in the South African War, on the cusp of the twentieth century, and highlights how horses remained integral to civic functioning on various levels, replaced with mechanization only after lively debate. The book thus reinserts the horse into the broader historical narrative. The socio-economic and political ramifications of their introduction is delineated. The idea of ecological imperialism is tested in order to draw southern African environmental history into a wider global dialogue on socio-environmental historiographical issues. The focus is also on the symbolic dimension that led horses to be both feared and desired. Even the sensory dimensions of this species' interaction with human societies is explored. Finally, the book speculates about what a new kind of history that takes animals seriously might offer us.
Publisher: NYU Press
ISBN: 1868148548
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 528
Book Description
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 and social environments. The horses introduced to the southern tip of Africa were not only agents but subjects of enduring changes. This book explores the introduction of these horses under VOC rule in the mid-seventeenth century, their dissemination into the interior, their acquisition by indigenous groups and their ever-shifting roles. In undergoing their relocation to the Cape, the horse of the Dutch empire in southeast Asia experienced a physical transformation over time. Establishing an early breeding stock was fraught with difficulty and horses remained vulnerable in the new and dangerous environment. They had to be nurtured into defending their owners' ambitions: first those of the white settlement and then African and other hybrid social groupings. The book traces the way horses were adapted by shifting human needs in the nineteenth century. It focuses on their experiences in the South African War, on the cusp of the twentieth century, and highlights how horses remained integral to civic functioning on various levels, replaced with mechanization only after lively debate. The book thus reinserts the horse into the broader historical narrative. The socio-economic and political ramifications of their introduction is delineated. The idea of ecological imperialism is tested in order to draw southern African environmental history into a wider global dialogue on socio-environmental historiographical issues. The focus is also on the symbolic dimension that led horses to be both feared and desired. Even the sensory dimensions of this species' interaction with human societies is explored. Finally, the book speculates about what a new kind of history that takes animals seriously might offer us.
Kaapse bibliotekaris
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Category : Bibliography
Languages : en
Pages : 308
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Issues for Nov. 1957- include section: Accessions. Aanwinste, Sept. 1957-
Publisher:
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Category : Bibliography
Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
Issues for Nov. 1957- include section: Accessions. Aanwinste, Sept. 1957-
The Journal of the Department of Agriculture of South Australia
Author: South Australia. Department of Agriculture
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Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 1518
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Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 1518
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Journal of the Department of Agriculture of South Australia
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Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 778
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Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 778
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The Arabian Horse, His Country and People
Author: William Tweedie
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Category : Arabian horse
Languages : en
Pages : 458
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Category : Arabian horse
Languages : en
Pages : 458
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The Quarterly Review
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 632
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 632
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The Arab
Author: Sir James Penn Boucaut
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Category : Arabian horse
Languages : en
Pages : 298
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Category : Arabian horse
Languages : en
Pages : 298
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Journal of the Department of Agriculture, South Australia
Author: South Australia. Department of Agriculture
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Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 1496
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Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 1496
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Quarterly Review
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Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 632
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 632
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