Brief History of Motion

From the bestselling author of A History of the World in 6 Glasses, an eye-opening road trip through 5,500 years of humans on the go, revealing how transportation inevitably shapes civilization.

Hailed for their "colorful, smooth, and wonderfully engaging" writing (Smithsonian), Tom Standage''s fleet-footed and surprising global histories have delighted readers and cemented his reputation as one ...