Horses, Oxen and Technological Innovation
Subtitle: The Use of Draught Animals in English Farming from 10661500 (Past and Present Publications)
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: July 8, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 347
ISBN-13: 9780521525084
Subjects: Agricultural science; European history: c 500 to c 1500; Social history; c 1000 CE to c 1500; Horse Production; Agricultural History; Nature; Business / Economics / Finance; Business/Economics; England; Europe; Economic History; Business & Economics / Economic History; Animals; Agriculture - General
First sentence: It is possible that a certain difficulty occurs in imagining the introduction of the work-horse as a technological innovation, since, whatever its advantages, the simple substitution of one animal for another might appear to be technologically irrelevant.