Horses, Power and Place - A More-Than-Human Geography of Equine Britain

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.

List of contents

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

About the author

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).

Product details

• Authors: Neil Ward, Ward Neil
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 06.05.2025
• EAN: 9781032593593
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3259359-3
• No. of pages: 192
• Series: Routledge Human-Animal Studies Series
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Geography, SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Geography, Ethics & moral philosophy, Ethics and moral philosophy, Social impact of environmental issues, Human Geography