Horses at work [ harnessing power in industrial America

New industrial machines and power sources, far from eliminating work animals from nineteenth-century America, required millions of horses to supply the energy necessary for industrial development. Horses were ubiquitous in cities and on farms, providing

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Greene, Ann Norto , 1952- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Mass : Harvard University Press , c2008
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Online Access:NetLibrary

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