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

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter HUP eBook Package Backlist 2000-2013
• VerfasserIn: GREENE, Ann Norton,
• Place / Publishing House: Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2009]; ©2008
• Year of Publication: 2009
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource
• Other title: 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
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9780674037908; 9783110442205; 9783110459517; 9783110662566
• DOI: 10.4159/9780674037908
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Ann Norton GREENE.

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.