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Horses of the world / EÌlise Rousseau ; illustrated by Yann Le Bris ; translated by Teresa Lavender Fagan.

By: Contributor(s): Language: English Original language: French Publisher: Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2017]Copyright date: ©2017Description: 536 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 26 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780691167206 (hardcover : alk. paper)
  • 0691167206 (hardcover : alk. paper)
Uniform titles:
  • Tous les chevaux du monde. English
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 636.1003 23
LOC classification:
  • SF278 .R6813 2017
Contents:
Introduction -- Horses of the world -- How to identify a breed of horse -- Identity card -- The domestication of the horse and the main equestrian disciplines -- How to use this encyclopedia -- Other equines of the world -- Extinct horses -- Wild horses -- Hybrids -- Horses of Northern Europe -- Iceland -- United Kingdom -- Ireland -- Norway -- Denmark -- Sweden -- Finland -- Horses of Southern Europe -- Portugal -- Spain -- Italy -- Slovenia -- Croatia -- Bosnia and Herzegovina -- Serbia -- Albania -- Greece -- Horses of Western Europe -- France -- Belgium -- Luxembourg -- Netherlands -- Germany -- Switzerland -- Austria -- Horses of Eastern Europe and Russia -- Estonia -- Latvia -- Lithuania -- Poland -- Belarus -- Czech Republic -- Slovakia -- Hungary -- Romania -- Bulgaria -- Moldava -- Ukraine -- Georgia -- Russia -- Horses of the Middle East -- Turkey -- Syria -- Israel -- Saudi arabia -- Azerbaijan -- Iran.
Horses of Central Asia -- Turkmenistan -- Uzbekistan -- Kyrgyzstan -- Tajikistan -- Afghanistan -- Kazakhstan -- Mongolia -- Horses of the Indian Subcontinent -- Pakistan -- India -- Sri lanka -- Nepal -- Bhutan -- Bangladesh -- Horses of the Far East and Continental Southeast Asia -- China -- Myanmar -- Thailand -- Laos -- Vietnam -- Cambodia -- South Korea -- Japan -- Philippines -- Malaysia -- Indonesia -- Horses of North Africa -- Morocco, Algeria -- Tunisia -- Egypt -- Horses of West Africa -- Senegal -- Niger -- Togo and Benin -- Nigeria -- Cameroon -- Horses of East Africa -- Sudan -- Ethiopia -- Somalia -- Horses of Southern Africa -- Namibia -- South Africa -- Lesotho -- Horses of North America -- Canada -- Saint Pierre and Miquelon -- United States -- Horses of Central America and the Caribbean -- Bahamas -- Cuba -- Puerto Rico -- Mexico -- Costa Rica -- Horses of South America -- Colombia -- Venezuela -- Brazil -- Peru -- Bolivia -- Chile -- Argentina -- Horses of Oceania -- Australia -- New Zealand -- Solomon Islands -- Tonga -- French Polynesia -- Conclusion.

Title of the original edition: Tous les chevaux du monde : pres de 570 races et types decrits et illustres (Paris : Delachaux et Niestle, 2014).

Includes bibliographical references (pages 528-529) and index.

Introduction -- Horses of the world -- How to identify a breed of horse -- Identity card -- The domestication of the horse and the main equestrian disciplines -- How to use this encyclopedia -- Other equines of the world -- Extinct horses -- Wild horses -- Hybrids -- Horses of Northern Europe -- Iceland -- United Kingdom -- Ireland -- Norway -- Denmark -- Sweden -- Finland -- Horses of Southern Europe -- Portugal -- Spain -- Italy -- Slovenia -- Croatia -- Bosnia and Herzegovina -- Serbia -- Albania -- Greece -- Horses of Western Europe -- France -- Belgium -- Luxembourg -- Netherlands -- Germany -- Switzerland -- Austria -- Horses of Eastern Europe and Russia -- Estonia -- Latvia -- Lithuania -- Poland -- Belarus -- Czech Republic -- Slovakia -- Hungary -- Romania -- Bulgaria -- Moldava -- Ukraine -- Georgia -- Russia -- Horses of the Middle East -- Turkey -- Syria -- Israel -- Saudi arabia -- Azerbaijan -- Iran.

Horses of Central Asia -- Turkmenistan -- Uzbekistan -- Kyrgyzstan -- Tajikistan -- Afghanistan -- Kazakhstan -- Mongolia -- Horses of the Indian Subcontinent -- Pakistan -- India -- Sri lanka -- Nepal -- Bhutan -- Bangladesh -- Horses of the Far East and Continental Southeast Asia -- China -- Myanmar -- Thailand -- Laos -- Vietnam -- Cambodia -- South Korea -- Japan -- Philippines -- Malaysia -- Indonesia -- Horses of North Africa -- Morocco, Algeria -- Tunisia -- Egypt -- Horses of West Africa -- Senegal -- Niger -- Togo and Benin -- Nigeria -- Cameroon -- Horses of East Africa -- Sudan -- Ethiopia -- Somalia -- Horses of Southern Africa -- Namibia -- South Africa -- Lesotho -- Horses of North America -- Canada -- Saint Pierre and Miquelon -- United States -- Horses of Central America and the Caribbean -- Bahamas -- Cuba -- Puerto Rico -- Mexico -- Costa Rica -- Horses of South America -- Colombia -- Venezuela -- Brazil -- Peru -- Bolivia -- Chile -- Argentina -- Horses of Oceania -- Australia -- New Zealand -- Solomon Islands -- Tonga -- French Polynesia -- Conclusion.

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