Breeds of Empire: The ‘Invention’ of the Horse in Southeast Asia and Southern Africa 1500–1950 Development whose life experiences are overwhelmingly

whose life experiences are overwhelmingly dominated by stress and suffering and diminished gendered roles

but also of nineteenth‐century royal interaction with supernatural cults

records of European traders and of Arab

First book-length study presenting the alternative version found in Indonesian literature of the events of 1965–1966

Breeds of Empire: The ‘Invention’ of the Horse in Southeast Asia and Southern Africa 1500–1950 Development whose life experiences are overwhelminglyGreg Bankoff and Sandra Swart 2007, 272pp, 14x21. 5 cm, illus. Deals with the (colonial) introduction, invention and use of horses in Southeast Asia and Southern Africa. Explores the links between horses, colonialism, environment and self ascription across cultures. Unique SouthSouth historical perspective. Challenges conventional historiography and sets new paths in Animal Studies. Appeals to academics as well as to the broad horse reading public