Where have all the horses gone? : how advancing technology swept American horses from the road, the farm, the range and the battlefield /
"A century ago, horses were ubiquitous in America. Then, in just a few decades, the horses vanished in a wave of emerging technologies. At the same time, those technologies fostered unprecedented economic growth, and with it a culture of recreation and leisure that opened a new place for the ho...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Jefferson, North Carolina :
McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers,
2017.
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| Summary: | "A century ago, horses were ubiquitous in America. Then, in just a few decades, the horses vanished in a wave of emerging technologies. At the same time, those technologies fostered unprecedented economic growth, and with it a culture of recreation and leisure that opened a new place for the horse as an athletic teammate and social companion."-- |
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| Physical Description: | vii, 240 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781476667133 (softcover : alk. paper) 1476667136 (softcover : alk. paper) |