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Horses at Work Harnessing Power in Industrial America

Ann Norton Greene

Historians have long assumed that new industrial machines and power sources eliminated work animals from nineteenth-century America, yet a bird’s-eye view of nineteenth-century society would show millions of horses supplying the energy necessary for industrial development. Horses were ubiquitous in...

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The book was referenced as the source for Green's expertise on the role of horses in industrial America.

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We wanted to speak with Green because of a book she wrote called Horses at Work, Harnessing Power in Industrial America.

— Episode: 651. The Ultimate Dance Partner

Episode: 651. The Ultimate Dance Partner

The book was referenced as the source for Green's expertise on the role of horses in industrial America.

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We wanted to speak with Green because of a book she wrote called Horses at Work, Harnessing Power in Industrial America.

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