02734cam a2200361Ma 4500 vtls000050852 KUKTEM 20251117141452.0 m f u cr cnu---unuuu 110110s2008 maua ob 001 0 eng d 9780674031296 (cloth : alk. paper) 0674031296 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780674037908 (electronic bk.) 0674037901 (electronic bk.) 201107140023 VLOAD 201105181216 fauzi 201101101219 ida import 2.mrk 409 UMP SF311.3.U6 G74 2008 Greene, Ann Norton Horses at work [electronic resource] : harnessing power in industrial America / Ann Norton Greene Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2008 1 online resource (xiv, 322 p.) : ill. Description based on print version record Includes bibliographical references (p. [285]-311) and index Why horses -- A landscape for horses -- Remaking horses -- Civil War horses -- Horses as industrial workers -- Studying horses -- From horse powered to horseless 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 Mode of access: Internet Draft horses United States History 19th century Working animals United States History 19th century NetLibrary http://www.netlibrary.com.libraryumpsa.idm.oclc.org/urlapi.asp?action=summary&v=1&bookid=282531 0 0 0 1 10000 10000 2019-09-04 0 SF311.3.U6 G74 2008 0000057006 2019-09-04 00:00:00 1 2019-09-04 EBOOK 634293014559499162 17630 17636 VIRTUA VTLSSORT0060*0070*0080*0200*0201*0202*0203*0400*0900*1000*2450*2600*3000*5000*5040*5050*5200*5380*6500*6501*8560*9992