Where Have All the Horses Gone?: How Advancing Technology Swept American Horses from the Road, the Farm, the Range and the Battlefield

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. They plowed the fields, transported people and goods within and between cities and herded livestock. 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. Autor: Jonathan V. Levin Wydawnictwo: McFarland & Co Inc Rok wydania: 2017 Okładka: miękka Liczba stron: 248 Wymiary: 22.9 x 15.2 cm Ilustracje: 12 photographs Język: angielski ISBN: 9781476667133