Horse power: a history of the horse and the donkey in human societies. Pt. I. Wild horses and asses -- Family equidae -- Wild horses and asses in historic times -- Pt. II. Equids that are without pride of ancestry or hope of posterity --Hybrids and the breeding of mules -- Pt. III. History of the domestic horse, donkey and mule -- Earliest domestication of the horse and the ass -- First wheeled transport, horse-riding, the stirrup, and nose-slitting --Equids in ancient Egypt and western Asia, and the enigma of the onager -- Horses of Scythia and the Orient -- Equids in the classical world -- Equids in the Middle Ages --Conquest of the Americas -- Equids in agriculture, transport, exploration, and warfare -- History of horse-racing.

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