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Advances and innovations in American daily life, 1600s-1930s / by Ernie Gross.
LIBRA E161 .G76 2002
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Gross, Ernie.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Technological innovations--United States--History.
- Technological innovations.
- United States.
- History.
- United States--Social life and customs.
- Manners and customs.
- Physical Description:
- vi, 298 pages ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., [2002]
- Summary:
- This reference book is divided into these sections: Agriculture, Art and music, Business and finance, Clothing, Communications, Education, Energy, Entertainment, Food and drink, Health, Labor, Law, Manufacturing, Public service, Religion, Science, Shelter and domestic furnishing, Social welfare, Sports, and Transportation.
- Within each section the reader will find subsections detailing innovations and advances in that field -- for example, Business and finance is made up of Accounting, Banking, Business machines, Exchanges, Hotels, Insurance, Lotteries, Merchandising, Money, Taxes, and Time keeping. This work describes the beginnings of many aspects of daily life in America, covering most innovations through approximately the 1930s. Dedicated to detailing the introduction of various advances or innovations, the book does not attempt to carry them through today.
- Contents:
- Agriculture
- Art
- Business and finance
- Clothing
- Communications
- Education
- Energy
- Entertainment
- Food and drink
- Health
- Labor
- Law
- Manufacturing
- Military
- Music
- Public service
- Publications
- Religion
- Science
- Shelter and domestic furnishings
- Social welfare
- Sports
- Transportation.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- ISBN:
- 0786412488
- OCLC:
- 50006488
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