Bulliet, Richard W.,

The wheel : inventions & reinventions / Richard W. Bulliet. - New York : Columbia University Press, (c)2016. - 1 online resource (xii, 256 pages) - Columbia studies in international and global history .

Includes bibliographies 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.



9780231540612


Wheels--History.


Electronic Books.

TJ181 / .W444 2016