The horse in the city : living machines in the nineteenth century / Clay McShane and Joel A. Tarr.
2011
SF311.3.U6 M37 2011 (Mapit)
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Title
The horse in the city : living machines in the nineteenth century / Clay McShane and Joel A. Tarr.
Author
McShane, Clay.
Edition
Johns Hopkins pbk. ed.
ISBN
9781421400433 (pbk. : alk. paper)
142140043X (pbk. : alk. paper)
142140043X (pbk. : alk. paper)
Publication Details
Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2011.
Language
English
Description
xi, 242 p., [18] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 23 cm.
Call Number
SF311.3.U6 M37 2011
Note
Introduction : thinking about horses -- Markets : the urban horse as a commodity -- Regulation : controlling horses and their humans -- Powering urban transit -- The horse and leisure : serving the needs of different urban social groups -- Stables and the built environment -- Nutrition : feeding the urban horse -- Health : equine disease and mortality -- The decline and persistence of the urban horse -- Epilogue : the horse, the car, and the city.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Added Author
Tarr, Joel A. (Joel Arthur), 1934-
Series
Animals, history, culture.
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