Horses in Society

A Story of Animal Breeding and Marketing Culture, 1800-1920

Margaret E. Derry

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University of Toronto Press
29 March 2016

Social & cultural history; Animal breeding; Horses & ponies

Before crude oil and the combustion engine, the industrialized world relied on a different kind of power - the power of the horse.

Horses in Society is the story of horse production in the United States, Britain, and Canada at the height of the species' usefulness, the late nineteenth and early twentieth-century.

Margaret E. Derry shows how horse breeding practices used during this period to heighten the value of the animals in the marketplace incorporated a intriguing cross section of influences, including Mendelism, eugenics, and Darwinism.

Derry elucidates the increasingly complex horse world by looking at the international trade in army horses, the regulations put in place by different countries to enforce better horse breeding, and general aspects of the dynamics of the horse market. Because it is a story of how certain groups attempted to control the market for horses, by protecting their breeding activities or 'patenting' their work, Horses in Society provides valuable background information to the rapidly developing present-day problem of biological ownership.

Derry's fascinating study is also a story of the evolution of animal medicine and humanitarian movements, and of international relations, particularly between Canada and the United States.

By: Margaret E. Derry
Imprint: University of Toronto Press
Country of Publication: Canada
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 20mm
Weight: 480g
ISBN: 9781487520366
ISBN 10: 1487520360
Pages: 302
Publication Date: 29 March 2016
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Acknowledgments Introduction Modern Purebred Breeding: A Scientific or Cultural Method? Part One. The Breeding of Horses The Light Horse The Heavy Horse The Farmer’s Horse Part Two. An International Horse Market: The Remount Story Finding Horses for the British Army American Horses and War: A National and International Issue Canada’s Equine War Effort: A Story of Conflicting Interests Part Three. Governments and Horse Improvement Understanding Heredity: The 1890 Report of the British Royal Commission on Horse Breeding Producing Better Horses in the United States: Attempts to Control Fraudulent Activity and Market Share The Canadian Experience in Horse Regulation: Continental and National Concerns Part Four. Society and Horses Aspects of a Pervasive Horse Culture in Society Conclusion Notes Note on Sources Index

Margaret E. Derry is an adjunct professor in the Department of History and associated faculty at the Campbell Centre for Animal Welfare in the Department of Animal and Poultry Science at the University of Guelph.

Reviews for Horses in Society: A Story of Animal Breeding and Marketing Culture, 1800-1920

"""This handsome book offers a telling glimpse into the often-charged world of horse breeding and horse trading in North America and Britain between 1800 and 1920."" -- Lawrence Scanlan The Globe and Mail ""A full and complex picture of horse culture."" -- Karen Raber American Historical Review ""Although draft animals have often been treated as footnotes to the rise of the machine, Margaret Derry demonstrates how a detailed treatment of horses can deepen the historical understanding of American and European societies."" -- George B. Ellenberg ""Horses in Society is a lucid and thoughtful journey into the world of the horse at its short-lived zenith, and of the society that honoured and sustained it."" -- Max Foran University of Toronto Quarterly ""Margaret E. Derry's Horses in Society is a remarkably interesting read ... This is a ground-breaking work that will resonate with social, business, and military historians alike."" -- Warren M. Elofson Business History Review ""An extremely valuable book that brings the history of science to bear on horse-breeding literature and sets both within the context of modern political economy."" -- Ann N. Greene Canadian Historical Review ""Horses in Society is a valuable contribution that will interest historians of science and technology, military historians, and anyone interested in the history of animals, economics or the nineteenth century in general."" -- Darcy Ingram Scientia Canadensis"