Description |
xv, 246 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
Contents |
Wheels in the ancient world -- Your carriage awaits -- Under one's own steam -- The rubber hits the road -- You are what you drive -- Who owns the streets? -- The road to suburbia -- Car culture -- The fall and rise of the electric car -- All hail the ride -- From horseless to driverless -- The road ahead. |
Summary |
A look at the history of human transportation, from the invention of the wheel through the era of horsepower, trains, and bicycles, revealing how transportation inevitably shapes civilization. |
Subject |
Vehicles -- History.
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Motion.
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Transportation -- History.
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ISBN |
9781635573619 |
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1635573610 |
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