Horse Nations The Worldwide Impact of the Horse on Indigenous Societies Post-1492

Horse Nations provides the first globally comparative study of the impact of the horse on the Indigenous societies of North and South America, southern Africa, and Australasia following its (re-)introduction as a result of European contacts and settlement after Columbus' first voyage to the Americas in 1492. Drawing on sources in a variety of languages and on the evidence of archaeology, anthropology, and history, the volume outlines the transformationsthat the acquisition of the horse wrought on a diverse range of groups within these four continents.