Author: Gallagher, Rob
Title: The Rickshaws of Bangladesh
Description: Dhaka, University Press, (1992). orig. boards, dustwrapper. 22x14cm, (14),683 pages. Textual photos,graphs,tables. Binding corners bumped. Light page-edge soil. VG. ¶ Contents: Rickshaws in Bangladesh & Overseas: The Rickshaws of Bangladesh; Rickshaw History: The Hand-Pulled Rickshaws; The Cycle-Rickshaws; Rickshaw Controls in Bangladesh; The Urban Traffic Problem: Government Policies Towards the Supply of Road Transport in Bangladesh; Efficiency; Traffic Congrestion; Traffic Accidents; Improving the Rickshaw's Technology: The Rickshaw's Poor Design; Improving the Rickshaw Design; The Rickshaw & Cycle Components Industry; The People of the Rickshaw Industry: The Rickshaw Owners; The Rickshaw Pullers; Unions; Co-operatives; Postscript: The Rickshaw Act.

Keywords: Bangladesh, Rickshaws Rickshaw, Road Transport, Traffic Economics, Industrial History, Social Anthropology, Economic Sociology, Cycle Components, Technology Design, Transportation