history

Examines the history of recorded sound, from Thomas Edison's invention of the phonograph, through compact discs and MP3s, and traces the implications of new sound technology on the history of recorded music.

Traces the history of rockets and missles, focusing on how they have changed the art of war and enabled man to explore the universe.

Contains a history of sound reproduction in a social, cultural, and economic context, from the Victrola in the early 1900s to the MP3 player of the early twenty-first century, and includes such devices as the 45, eight-track, compact disc, and file-sharing wars.

Presents a comprehensive history of firearms and their technology over the centuries beginning with the use of crossbows in ancient China and the introduction of flammable power around the first century AD to the sophisticated weaponry of the twenty-first century.

Traces the history of electron devices in the twentieth century, from the invention of the Fleming valve in 1904 to the commercialization of the Intel Pentium IV microprocessor in 2000.

Presents a comprehensive history of computer technology, and provides information on the first electronic computers, vacuum tubes and transistors, integrated circuits, personal computers, and more.

Examines the different roles played by church and state in considerations of religion throughout the history of the United States, beginning with concerns of the original colonists through the current debate about religion in schools.

Presents a history of the automobile, and discusses the political, economic, social, cultural, and technological forces that have shaped the development of automobiles and the automobile industry.

Chronicles the history of salt, discussing how it has shaped civilizations from the earliest beginnings of world history and how it has been used in different cultures.

Text and photographs describe the life of the Pokot (also called Suk) who live in the Cherangani Hills of western Kenya being farmers and cattle-herders.