Horses at work : harnessing power in industrial America / Ann Norton Greene.
Horses at work : harnessing power in industrial America / Ann Norton Greene.
Horses at work : harnessing power in industrial America / Ann Norton Greene.
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Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2008.
Date
2008.
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N636.10886/3
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English
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Physical content
xiv, 322 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Contents
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 -- Appendix. Horse Population and Power.
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Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2008.
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1st ed.
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Massachusetts
Date Published
2008.
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"Ann 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. Rather than a result of "inevitable" technological change, it was Americans' social and political choices about power consumpti...
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Horses at work : harnessing power in industrial America / Ann Norton Greene.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [285]-311) and index.
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N636.10886/3
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74VMjg3voJMg
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0674031296 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780674031296 (cloth : alk. paper)
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636.10886097309034
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991001157369702626
