The Wheel: Inventions and Reinventions

✍ Scribed by Richard Bulliet

Publisher: Columbia University Press
Year: 2016
Tongue: English
Leaves: 270
Category: Library

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✦ Synopsis

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

✦ Table of Contents

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
6. The Rise and Demise of the Charioteer
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

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