The Wheel : Inventions and Reinventions
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 Thir...
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| Format: | E-Book |
| Sprache: | English |
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New York, NY : Columbia University Press,
2015
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| Mit dem übergeordneten Werk verknüpfte Titel: | Columbia Studies in International and Gl
Columbia Studies in International and Global History |
| Schlagworte: | Wheels Wheels - History Electronic books Rad Kultur Geschichte |
| Umfang: | 1 online resource (271 pages) |
| Zusammenfassung: | 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. |
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| Beschreibung: | Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources |
| Beschreibung: | 1 online resource (271 pages) |
| ISBN: | 9780231540612 0231540612 9780231173384 0231173385 |