{"product_id":"precarious-partners-kari-weil-9780226686370","title":"Precarious Partners: Horses and Their Humans in Nineteenth-Century France","description":"From the recent spate of equine deaths on racetracks to protests demanding the removal of mounted Confederate soldier statues to the success and appeal of \u003ci\u003eWar Horse\u003c\/i\u003e, there is no question that horses still play a role in our lives--though fewer and fewer of us actually interact with them. In \u003ci\u003ePrecarious Partners\u003c\/i\u003e, Kari Weil takes readers back to a time in France when horses were an inescapable part of daily life. This was a time when horse ownership became an attainable dream not just for soldiers but also for middle-class children; when natural historians argued about animal intelligence; when the prevalence of horse beatings led to the first animal protection laws; and when the combined magnificence and abuse of these animals inspired artists, writers, and riders alike. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Weil traces the evolving partnerships established between French citizens and their horses through this era. She considers the newly designed \"races\" of workhorses who carried men from the battlefield to the hippodrome, lugged heavy loads through the boulevards, or paraded women riders, \u003ci\u003eamazones\u003c\/i\u003e, in the parks or circus halls--as well as those unfortunate horses who found their fate on a dinner plate. Moving between literature, painting, natural philosophy, popular cartoons, sports manuals, and tracts of public hygiene, \u003ci\u003ePrecarious Partners\u003c\/i\u003e traces the changing social, political, and emotional relations with these charismatic creatures who straddled conceptions of pet and livestock in nineteenth-century France.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Kari Weil\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 022668637X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780226686370\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Chicago Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/23\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.60d","brand":"Kari Weil","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49096662712575,"sku":"9780226686370","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/precarious-partners-kari-weil-9780226686370","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}