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# The Horse in the City: Living Machines in the Nineteenth Century (Animals, History, Culture)

**Brand:** clay mcshanejoel tarr
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## Customer Reviews

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    Great read
  

*by B***N on Reviewed in the United States on January 6, 2022*

I use the stats in this book in my university classes to offer a different perspective of horses in our society.  It was great to read something from a historical perspective.  They may not be horse people as other reviewers point out, but that didn't detract (as a professional horse person).  Do the calculation for how much they paid in today's dollars for a Percheron stallion.Percheron stallions 1850s imported from France.  Good stallion could cost up to $10K  then which is about $300K in todays dollars.  That's stuff you don't find in other books

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    Unusual, useful, compelling book. Loved it
  

*by M***K on Reviewed in the United States on May 7, 2015*

I am knowledgeable about both history and horses and this book was fascinating. The authors, who it appears are not horsemen themselves, are correct in their premise that equine contributions are often vastly ignored or under appreciated when considering their impact on key events or periods in human history. In my lifetime, I've read almost everything I could get my hands on about the care of horses and other livestock, yet I learned from this book. I loved it. I imagine it's a little dry if you are not as fascinated by the ages of horse power as I am, but if you are, this is a treasure trove. It raised some interesting points. For example, while we often tend to think of the plight of work horses in terms of Black Beauty, this book points out that their usefulness has made horses perhaps one of the most successful species on the planet. Yes, individuals have suffered greatly but the species has prospered beyond belief -- at least in evolutionary terms. As someone who has cleaned 60 stalls in one day and thought that task Aegean, it was mind boggling to read of the thousand stall stables that existed in some U.S. cities... I can't even imagine... Anyone, from a student of history to a trainer of horses, who wants to understand the role that horses have fulfilled and hopefully will continue to fulfill in human civilizations, would likely enjoy this book.

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    Interesting but flawed
  

*by E***. on Reviewed in the United States on August 22, 2013*

The authors may be scholars of American urban life, but it's clear they are not horsemen. While I found their research into the lives of horses in the cities interesting, I found some of their  terminology disturbing and inaccurate. For example, at the opening of  chapter six, they state, "they can consume grasses of lower quality than any other ruminant and a lower volume of food than any other large mammal." Horses are not ruminants; they are ungulates. Remove the word "other" and the sentence reads all right.In Chapter Four, "The Horse in Leisure", the authors note a claim made Paul Shepard that "horses are inherently sensual objects because of their sleek coats and body curves and because of the genital stimulation experienced when riding". If Mr Shepard experiences genital stimulation while riding, he's doing it wrong. I would, however, agree that horse's sleek coats and curves are most attractive.It's a good read for anyone who wants to know how horses contributed to the development of the big cities, particularly the East Coast and Chicago. I had no idea that Chicago was such a hub of horse dealing,The development of bigger and better horse-drawn farm equipment was fascinating, as was the evolution of transportation in the city. I wish the authors had gone into more detail about some other horse-drawn machines, such as the "horse whim" on the front cover. More photographs of these amazing contraptions would have been welcome.

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