The wheel : inventions & reinventions / Richard W. Bulliet.
By: Bulliet, Richard W [author.].
Series: Columbia studies in international and global history.Publisher: New York : Columbia University Press, 2016Description: xii, 256 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780231173384 (cloth : alk. paper).Subject(s): Wheels -- HistoryGenre/Form: Print books.DDC classification: 621.8
Contents:
Wheel versus wheel -- Why invent the wheel? -- A square peg in a round wheel -- Home on the range -- Wheels for show -- The rise and demise of the charioteer -- The princess ride -- The carriage revolution -- Four wheels in China -- Rickshaw cities -- The third wheel.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Wheel versus wheel -- Why invent the wheel? -- A square peg in a round wheel -- Home on the range -- Wheels for show -- The rise and demise of the charioteer -- The princess ride -- The carriage revolution -- Four wheels in China -- Rickshaw cities -- The third wheel.