The Horse in the City: Living Machines in the Nineteenth Century

Contents

c o n t e n t s Preface ix Introduction. Thinking about Horses 1 1 Markets: The Urban Horse as a Commodity 18 2 Regulation: Controlling Horses and Their Humans 36 3 Powering Urban Transit 57 4 The Horse and Leisure: Serving the Needs of Di¤erent Urban Social Groups 84 5 Stables and the Built Environment 102 6 Nutrition: Feeding the Urban Horse 127 7 Health: Equine Disease and Mortality 149 8 The Decline and Persistence of the Urban Horse 165 Epilogue. The Horse, the Car, and the City 178 Notes 183 Index 235 Photographs follow page 56 This page intentionally left blank ...