Bulliet, Richard.

The Wheel : Inventions and Reinventions. - New York : Columbia University Press, 2016. ©2015. - 1 online resource (271 pages) - Columbia Studies in International and Global History . - Columbia Studies in International and Global History .

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Intro -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Wheel Versus Wheel -- 2. Why Invent the Wheel? -- 3. A Square Peg in a Round Wheel -- 4. Home on the Range -- 5. Wheels for Show -- 7. The Princess Ride -- 8. The Carriage Revolution -- 9. Four Wheels in China -- 10. Rickshaw Cities -- 11. The Third Wheel -- Notes -- Glossary -- Further Reading -- Index.

A visually rich, analytical history of the key cycles in a revolutionary technology.

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Kraftwagen
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Wheels - History.



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