The horse in the city :: living machines in the nineteenth century /

"The nineteenth century was the golden age of the horse. In urban America, the indispensable horse provided the power for not only vehicles that moved freight, transported passengers, and fought fires but also equipment in breweries, mills, foundries, and machine shops." "Clay McShane...

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1. Verfasser: McShane, Clay
Weitere Verfasser: Tarr, Joel A. (Joel Arthur), 1934-
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2007.
Schriftenreihe:Animals, history, culture.
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Zusammenfassung:"The nineteenth century was the golden age of the horse. In urban America, the indispensable horse provided the power for not only vehicles that moved freight, transported passengers, and fought fires but also equipment in breweries, mills, foundries, and machine shops." "Clay McShane and Joel A. Tarr explore the critical role that the horse played in the growing nineteenth-century metropolis. Using such diverse sources as veterinary manuals, stable periodicals, teamster magazines, city newspapers, and agricultural yearbooks, they examine how the horses were housed and fed and how workers bred, trained, marketed, and employed their four-legged assets. Not omitting the problems of waste removal and corpse disposal, they touch on the municipal challenges of maintaining a safe and productive living environment for both horses and people and the rise of organizations like the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals."--Jacket.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (xi, 242 pages, 18 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, map
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-233) and index.
ISBN:9781435692640
1435692640
9780801892318
0801892317
9781421400433
142140043X

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