history

Traces the history of food around the world, from the first farmers and canners to modern fast foods.

Traces whaling from the days when Inuits hunted bowhead whales to contemporary bans on whaling worldwide.

Gives a brief history of the Cadillac automobile and describes its special features and some classic models.

Gives a brief history of the BMW automobile and describes its special features and some classic models.

Presents a brief history of the automobile and discusses the features of the early models which have made them valuable as antiques.

Describes some of the different devices, including hot air balloons, gliders, airplanes, and jets, used to get people into the air. Includes various projects.

Traces the developing knowledge about heredity from the plant breeding experiments of Gregor Mendel to the use of x rays to produce mutations and the effect of natural mutations on the evolution of species.

Traces the development of housing from early shelter to the 20th century and beyond.

Describes the development of ships from canoes to oil tankers.

Describes the construction of the Central Pacific, Union Pacific, and other related railroads which joined the east and west coasts by meeting at Promontory Point, Utah, and views both the early days of railroads preceding that event and the effects of the transcontinental railroad thus formed.