The running centaur : horse-racing in global-historical perspective /: horse-racing in global-historical perspective. (2021)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Sinclair W. Bell, Christian Jaser, Christian Mann.
• Editors: Bell, Sinclair; Jaser, Christian; Mann, Christian, 1971-
• Contents: 1. Introduction: Towards a Global History of Horse Racing Sinclair Bell, Christian Jaser and Christian Mann 2. Horse Races and Chariot Races in Ancient Greece: Struggling for Eternal Glory Christian Mann und Sebastian Scharff 3. Horse Racing in Imperial Rome: Athletic Competition, Equine Performance, and Urban Spectacle Sinclair W. Bell 4. The Emperor and His People at the Chariot Races in Byzantium David Alan Parnell 5. Horse Racing at the Ottoman Court, 1524–1728 Tülay Artan 6. Urban Palio and Scharlach Races in Fifteenth- and Early Sixteenth-Century Italy and Germany Christian Jaser 7. Spectacular Spanish Horses in New Spain Isabelle Schürch 8. The Sport of Kingmakers: Horse Racing in Late Stuart England Richard Nash 9. Capitalist Horse Sense: Sports Betting and Option Trading during the English Financial Revolution, 1690–1740 Christiane Eisenberg 10. ‘A Horse-Race is the Same All the World Over’: The Cultural Context of Horse Racing in Native North America Peter Mitchell
• Edition: 1st
• Publisher Details: London : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2021
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 798.4009; Horse racing -- History
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781000525366; 9781000523904; 9781003247654
• Related ISBNs: 9781032162331
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