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xi, 242 p., [18] p. of plates : ill., map ; 24 cm.
Draft horses History 19th century.
Urban animals History 19th century.
Verkehrswirtschaft.
Pferd.
Wirtschaftsentwicklung.
Arbeitspferd Geschichte 19. Jh.
Transport Pferd Geschichte 19. Jh.
Pferd Transport Geschichte 19. Jh.
Pferd Stadt Geschichte 19. Jh.
Stadt Pferd Geschichte 19. Jh.
McShane, Clay.
Tarr, Joel A. (Joel Arthur), 1934-
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.
Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press
Animals, history, culture
Animals, history, culture.
xi, 242 p., [18] p. of plates : ill., map ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [183]-233) and index.
Received March 24, 2008.
9780801886003 (hardcover : alk. paper)
0801886007 (hardcover : alk. paper)
Stacks SF311.3.U6 M37 2007
United States
USA
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