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The wheel : inventions & reinventions / Richard W. Bulliet.

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Material Type
Book
Author
Bulliet, Richard W.,
Publication Info.
New York : Columbia University Press, [2016]

Details

Description
xii, 256 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
Series
Columbia studies in international and global history
Columbia studies in international and global history.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-227, 237-239) and index.
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.
Summary
Bulliet expands the social, economic, and political significance of a tool we only partially understand.
Subject
Wheels -- History.
Wheels.
Genre/Form
History.
ISBN
9780231173384 (hardcover alkaline paper)
0231173385 (hardcover alkaline paper)