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Format: 1 online resource (337 p.)

Edition: 1st ed.

ISBN: 0-674-03790-1

Content: 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.

Note: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph , 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 , English

Additional Edition: ISBN 0-674-03129-6

Language: English

DOI: 10.4159/9780674037908

URL: Volltext  (lizenzpflichtig)

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Format: XIV, 322 Seiten : , Illustrationen.

Edition: 1. ed.

ISBN: 978-0-674-03129-6

Content: New industrial machines and power sources, far from eliminating work animals from nineteenth-century America, required millions of horses to supply the energy necessary for industrial development. Horses were ubiquitous in cities and on farms, providing power for transportation, construction, manufacturing, and agriculture. Mechanization actually increased the need for horsepower by expanding the range of tasks requiring it. 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 consumption that sealed this animal's fate. The rise and fall of the workhorse was defined by the kinds of choices that Americans made and would continue to make--choices that emphasized individual mobility and autonomy, and assumed, above all, abundant energy resources.--From publisher description.

Note: Includes bibliographical references and index

Language: English

Subjects: History

Keywords: Arbeitspferd ; Industrialisierung

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Format: 1 Online-Ressource (xiv, 322 Seiten)

Edition: 1. edition

ISBN: 9780674037908

Note: Includes bibliographical references (p. [285]-311) and index , De Gruyter , New industrial machines and power sources, far from eliminating work animals from nineteenth-century America, required millions of horses to supply the energy necessary for industrial development. Horses were ubiquitous in cities and on farms, providing power for transportation, construction, manufacturing, and agriculture. Mechanization actually increased the need for horsepower by expanding the range of tasks requiring it. 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 consumption that sealed this animal's fate. The rise and fall of the workhorse was defined by the kinds of choices that Americans made and would continue to make--choices that emphasized individual mobility and autonomy, and assumed, above all, abundant energy resources.--From publisher description

Additional Edition: Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 978-0-674-03129-6

Language: English

Subjects: History

Keywords: USA ; Arbeitspferd ; Industrialisierung ; Geschichte 1800-1900

DOI: 10.4159/9780674037908

URL: Volltext