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
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| Language: | English |
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Cambridge, Mass :
Harvard University Press ,
c2008
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| Online Access: | NetLibrary |
Table of Contents:
- Why horses
- A landscape for horses
- Remaking horses
- Civil War horses
- Horses as industrial workers
- Studying horses
- From horse powered to horseless.