Single-Wheeled Mobility
The Housed-Wheel Barrow on the Plains of Preindustrial China
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10249470 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Nanny Kim (Heidelberg University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2007 |
| Volume | 28 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 229-251 |
| Publication date | 2007-09-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Journal of Transport History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-5266 • E-ISSN: 1759-3999 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.7227/tjth.28.2.6 |
| OpenAlex | W2029390539 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
The author focuses this article on the technical features, uses and importance of large housed wheelbarrows during China's late imperial period (1368-1911). The author notes that wheelbarrows on Chinese roads and footpaths had been a common sight in the plains of northern and eastern China until about 50 years ago, when bicycles and small, motorized vehicles began to supplant them. The role of wheelbarrows in China's pre-industrial mobility system for long distance transporting of goods and people across the north China plain—and its southern extension traversing the Yangzi River—is especially examined here
| Citations per year | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2026 - 2026 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |