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The Horse in the City: Living Machines in the Nineteenth Century (Animals, History, Culture)
The Horse in the City Living Machines in the Nineteenth Century - Animals, History, Culture
Author: Clay McShane, Joel Tarr
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, prominent scholars of urban life, here explore ...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780801886003
ISBN-10: 0801886007
Publication Date: 5/31/2007
Pages: 242
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Publisher: The Johns Hopkins University Press
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
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