Dimensions
270 x 240 x 19mm
In text and photograph 'Chasing Rickshaws' visits rickshaw pullers' dormitories in Calcutta, tracks down the artists who paints the dramatically colourful rickshaws of Dhaka, locates the scrapyard where confiscated rickshaws await their fate in Hanoi and rides with the city official who supervises riding tests in Penang. The ultimate rickshaw rarity, women riders, were found only in Beijing and Manila, but in many cities school children pile into rickshaws to ride to and from school each day.
Rickshaws, their riders and their customers have been studied by engineers, evaluated by transport economists and analyzed by sociologists.
They're celebrated in this book.
