The Passing of the Horse: A Transformation of the World

by Stephen Davies and Stephen Davies author of The Wealth Explosion: The Nature and Origins of Modernity

For thousands of years horses played a central part in the lives of people in many parts of the world. They provided mobility and played a major or dominant part in warfare. They were the main source of power other than human labour, so much so that we still measure the power of engines in horsepower. The advent of industrialisation and the steam engine, far from finishing their role, actually accentuated it, and horses became essential to nineteenth...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1913087964
• ISBN13: 9781913087968
• Release Date: December 2024
• Publisher: Edward Everett Root
• Length: 240 Pages