| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 242 pages, 18 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, map. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Animals, history, culture
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Animals, history, culture.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-233) and index. |
| Contents |
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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Draft horses -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
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Draft horses. |
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United States. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
19th century |
| Subject |
Urban animals -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
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Urban animals. |
| Chronological Term |
1800 - 1899 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Added Author |
Tarr, Joel A. (Joel Arthur), 1934-
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| Other Form: |
Print version: McShane, Clay. Horse in the city. Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2007 (DLC) 2006030213 |
| ISBN |
9781435692640 (electronic book) |
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1435692640 (electronic book) |
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9780801886003 (hardcover ; alkaline paper) |
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0801886007 (hardcover ; alkaline paper) |
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