Kenneth T. Jackson
In this careful and richly textured book, Clay McShane and Joel Tarr have shown us how these beasts of burden helped create the modern metropolis and then disappeared from the city streets.
— Kenneth T. Jackson, Columbia University
From the Publisher
A fascinating account of the role of horses in shaping the economy and society of American cities during the nineteenth century that contributes greatly to the fields of urban history, environmental history, and the history of human-animal relationships. —Susan D. Jones, author of Valuing Animals
In this careful and richly textured book, Clay McShane and Joel Tarr have shown us how these beasts of burden helped create the modern metropolis and then disappeared from the city streets.—Kenneth T. Jackson, Columbia University
This innovative and fascinating book goes to the heart of new research that connects the human and animal worlds as never before. In presenting the horse as a ‘living machine,’ McShane and Tarr help us rethink how cities were built and how they functioned in the past.—Martin V. Melosi, University of Houston, author of The Sanitary City and Effluent America
Susan D. Jones
A fascinating account of the role of horses in shaping the economy and society of American cities during the nineteenth century that contributes greatly to the fields of urban history, environmental history, and the history of human-animal relationships.
— Susan D. Jones, author of Valuing Animals
Martin V. Melosi
This innovative and fascinating book goes to the heart of new research that connects the human and animal worlds as never before. In presenting the horse as a ‘living machine,’ McShane and Tarr help us rethink how cities were built and how they functioned in the past.
— Martin V. Melosi, University of Houston, author of The Sanitary City and Effluent America
