Screen LibraryThe wheel : inventions & reinventions /
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| Published: |
Columbia University Press,
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| Publisher Address: | New York : |
| Publication Dates: | [2016] |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Series: |
Columbia studies in international and global history
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| Carrier Form: | xii, 256 pages : illustrations, maps ; 21 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [237]-239) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780231173384 (hardback : acid-free paper) : 0231173385 (hardback : acid-free paper) |
| Index Number: | TJ181 |
| CLC: | TQ336.1-09 |
| Call Number: | TQ336.1-09/B937 |
| 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. |