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Horses at Work : Harnessing Power in Industrial America / Ann Norton GREENE.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2009]Copyright date: ©2008Description: 1 online resourceContent type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780674031296
  • 9780674037908
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 636.1/0886097309034
LOC classification:
  • SF311.3.U6 -- G68 2008eb
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Issued also in print.
Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1. Why Horses -- 2. A Landscape for Horses -- 3. Remaking Horses -- 4. Civil War Horses -- 5. Horses as Industrial Workers -- 6. Studying Horses -- 7. From Horse Powered to Horseless -- Epilogue -- Appendix: Horse Population and Power -- Notes -- Index
Summary: Greene argues for recognition of horses' critical contribution to the history of American energy and the rise of American industrial power, and a new understanding of the reasons for their replacement as prime movers.
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1. Why Horses -- 2. A Landscape for Horses -- 3. Remaking Horses -- 4. Civil War Horses -- 5. Horses as Industrial Workers -- 6. Studying Horses -- 7. From Horse Powered to Horseless -- Epilogue -- Appendix: Horse Population and Power -- Notes -- Index

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Greene argues for recognition of horses' critical contribution to the history of American energy and the rise of American industrial power, and a new understanding of the reasons for their replacement as prime movers.

Issued also in print.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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