Breeds of Empire: The ‘Invention’ of the Horse in Southeast Asia and Southern Africa 1500–1950 Development and a variety of other

and a variety of other sources

telling the story of the Palaung's flight from Burma and settle­ment in Thailand

Andrew Hardy works at the École Française d’Extrême-Orient (EFEO)

affording us an inside view of relations between Thailand and Japan at that time

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 and a variety of otherGreg 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