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Where have all the horses gone? : how advancing technology swept American horses from the road, the farm, the range and the battlefield / Jonathan V. Levin.

Title
Where have all the horses gone? : how advancing technology swept American horses from the road, the farm, the range and the battlefield / Jonathan V. Levin.
Author
Levin, Jonathan V.
Publication
Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2017]

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Description
vii, 240 pages : illustrations; 23 cm
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"--
Subject
  • Horses > United States > History
  • Horses > Social aspects > United States
  • Horses
  • Horses > Social aspects
  • United States
Genre/Form
History
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
ISBN
  • 9781476667133
  • 1476667136
LCCN
^^2017020796
OCLC
959536027
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library