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The wheel : inventions & reinventions

Title: The wheel : inventions & reinventions / Richard W. Bulliet.
Author: Bulliet, Richard W.
Publication: New York : Columbia University Press, [2016]

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Description

xii, 256 pages : illustrations; 21 cm

Summary

"In this book, Richard W. Bulliet focuses on three major phases in the evolution of the wheel and their relationship to the needs and ambitions of human society. He begins in 4000 B.C.E. with the first wheels affixed to axles. He then follows with the innovation of wheels turning independently on their axles and concludes five thousand years later with the caster, a single rotating and pivoting wheel. Bulliet's most interesting finding is that a simple desire to move things from place to place did not drive the wheel's development. If that were the case, the wheel could have been invented at any time almost anywhere in the world. By dividing the history of this technology into three conceptual phases and focusing on the specific men, women, and societies that brought it about, Bulliet expands the social, economic, and political significance of a tool we only partially understand. He underscores the role of gender, combat, and competition in the design and manufacture of wheels, adding vivid imagery to illustrate each stage of their development." -- Publisher's description

Series Statement

Columbia studies in international and global history

Uniform Title

Columbia studies in international and global history.

Subject

Wheels > History

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-227, 237-239) and index.

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.

Call Number

JBD 18-454

ISBN

9780231173384
0231173385

LCCN

2015020787

OCLC

918986501

Author

Bulliet, Richard W., author.

Title

The wheel : inventions & reinventions / Richard W. Bulliet.

Publisher

New York : Columbia University Press, [2016]

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Columbia studies in international and global history

Columbia studies in international and global history.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-227, 237-239) and index.

Research Call Number

JBD 18-454

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