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Horses at work harnessing power in industrial America /

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, manufa...

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Main Author:	Greene, Ann Norton, 1952-
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2008.
Subjects:	Draft horses > United States > History > 19th century. Working animals > United States > History > 19th century. Electronic books.
Online Access:	An ebrary electronic resource NetLibrary
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