LEADER 03230nam 2200601 450 001 9910460758403321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-231-54061-2 024 7 $a10.7312/bull17338 035 $a(CKB)3710000000576225 035 $a(EBL)4206305 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001604966 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)16310479 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001604966 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)14894530 035 $a(PQKB)10262538 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4206305 035 $a(DE-B1597)468897 035 $a(OCoLC)935530178 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780231540612 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4206305 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11210928 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL889564 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000576225 100 $a20160531h20162016 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe wheel $einventions & reinventions /$fRichard W. Bulliet 210 1$aNew York :$cColumbia University Press,$d2016. 210 4$dİ2016 215 $a1 online resource (271 p.) 225 1 $aColumbia Studies in International and Global History 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-231-17338-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tAcknowledgments -- $t1. Wheel Versus Wheel -- $t2. Why Invent the Wheel? -- $t3. A Square Peg in a Round Wheel -- $t4. Home on the Range -- $t5. Wheels for Show -- $t6. The Rise and Demise of the Charioteer -- $t7. The Princess Ride -- $t8. The Carriage Revolution -- $t9. Four Wheels in China -- $t10. Rickshaw Cities -- $t11. The Third Wheel -- $tNotes -- $tGlossary -- $tFurther Reading -- $tIndex 330 $aIn this book, Richard W. Bulliet focuses on three major phases in the evolution of the wheel and their relationship to the needs and ambitions of human society. He begins in 4000 B.C.E. with the first wheels affixed to axles. He then follows with the innovation of wheels turning independently on their axles and concludes five thousand years later with the caster, a single rotating and pivoting wheel.Bulliet's most interesting finding is that a simple desire to move things from place to place did not drive the wheel's development. If that were the case, the wheel could have been invented at any time almost anywhere in the world. By dividing the history of this technology into three conceptual phases and focusing on the specific men, women, and societies that brought it about, Bulliet expands the social, economic, and political significance of a tool we only partially understand. He underscores the role of gender, combat, and competition in the design and manufacture of wheels, adding vivid imagery to illustrate each stage of their development. 410 0$aColumbia studies in international and global history. 606 $aWheels$xHistory 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aWheels$xHistory. 676 $a621.8 700 $aBulliet$b Richard W.$0516592 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910460758403321 996 $aThe wheel$92485136 997 $aUNINA