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Leaving a Cultural and Environmental Hoof Print: The Changing Place of the Horse in America and the Western National Parks during the 19th-20th Centuries

Kelley, Elaine M.
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ysu1484513851371586

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2016, Master of Arts in History, Youngstown State University, Department of Humanities.
This thesis examines the place, meaning, and changing role of the horse in American history -- both physically, including its impacts on the natural environment and its place in the history of transportation, and culturally in modern American memory. As the horse has declined in importance as a beast of burden, it has become increasingly relevant and important culturally, becoming a sort of American artifact central to the notions of American authenticity and the Western experience. The use of the horse as a leisure activity has caused damage to the environment that is specific to the biological makeup of the horse. Although this phenomenon can be examined through various lenses, emphasis here will be placed on the changing place of the horse in western national parks, where over the course of the past century it has undergone transformation from basic transport engine to a starring role in the modern mythology of an authentic western experience.
Brian Bonhomme, PhD (Advisor)
Martha Pallante, PhD (Committee Member)
Donna DeBlasio, PhD (Committee Member)
101 p.
American History; Cultural Anthropology; Environmental Studies; History; Livestock; Recreation; Transportation
Environmental History; Cultural History; American History; National Parks; Horse; Yosemite; Recreation; Transportation

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  • Kelley, E. M. (2016). Leaving a Cultural and Environmental Hoof Print: The Changing Place of the Horse in America and the Western National Parks during the 19th-20th Centuries [Master's thesis, Youngstown State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ysu1484513851371586

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Kelley, Elaine. Leaving a Cultural and Environmental Hoof Print: The Changing Place of the Horse in America and the Western National Parks during the 19th-20th Centuries. 2016. Youngstown State University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ysu1484513851371586.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Kelley, Elaine. "Leaving a Cultural and Environmental Hoof Print: The Changing Place of the Horse in America and the Western National Parks during the 19th-20th Centuries." Master's thesis, Youngstown State University, 2016. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ysu1484513851371586

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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