The wheel [electronic resource] : inventions & reinventions / Richard W. Bulliet.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bulliet, Richard W. (Author)
Language:English
Published: New York : Columbia University Press, 2016.
Series:Columbia studies in international and global history
Subjects:
Wheels > History.
Online Access:
ProQuest Ebook Central - Academic Complete: 2016 (Ebook Central @ Proquest)
EBSCO eBooks: 2016 (EBSCO)
eBook Academic Collection (EBSCOhost) – North America: 2016 (EBSCO)
eBook High School Collection (EBSCOhost): 2016 (EBSCO)
eBook Public Library Collection (EBSCOhost) – North America: 2016 (EBSCO)
Variant Title:
The Wheel: Inventions and Reinventions
Format: Electronic eBook
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.