Science & Technology

With its power to reach through the atmosphere, radio seemed like some sort of magic to the people who first experienced it during the early part of the 20th century. This anthology focuses on the experiences of some of the people who were directly involved in the invention, development, and heyday of broadcast radio. How was this new medium to be handled? What government controls would be involved? How could radio best serve the public interest? Also included, along with these topics, are some of the earliest advertising campaigns, transcripts of famous broadcasts of war news, sportscasts, entertainment, and more.

ISBN: 1-878668-85-4      Price: $7.95      Pages: 68     

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Television is an integral part of our daily lives. It has changed both how we see the world and how we see ourselves. This book includes documents relating to the prophecies and expectations of the new media, the technical side of its development, early broadcasting and advertising, and the effects of TV on the American people, from its conception in the late 1800s to the early years of "the Golden Age of Television." Excerpts include a selection of words and photos of the developers, the businessmen, and celebrities from the entertainment world and the news media.

ISBN: 1-57960-006-9      Price: $7.95      Pages: 64     

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Editor Pat Perrin presents documentation of America's developing architecture, from the arrival of early European settlers to the Columbian Exposition. Details are included on the works of the early Native Americans, Thomas Jefferson, the new Capitol for the nation's capital, and on the debates over adhering to the classical styles or creating a new, innovative, and unique American form. Many illustrations and photographs enhance the text as we follow the development of an image for America's cities.

ISBN: 1-57960-010-7      Price: $7.95      Pages: 64     

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A history of communications, from the Colonial period to the present.

ISBN: 1-57960-099-9      Price: $8.95      Pages: 52     

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The building of America's railroads changed the face of the entire nation. This anthology takes a look at the people who built the transcontinental railroad and its effect on the economy, the law, the scandals associated with the railroad barons, and the daily lives of the people involved. Maps, photos, newspaper accounts, letters, and journals tell the story.

ISBN: 1-878668-36-6      Price: $7.95      Pages: 64     

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This anthology highlights evolving medical practices in America, from the colonial period to the present. It is intended to reflect society's impact on medical procedures and attitudes in times of war and epidemics, as well as routine health care. The excerpts include letters, journals, ads, and photographs relating to smallpox, vaccinations, asylums, "female problems," venereal disease, health insurance, AIDS, kidney transplants, nineteenth century home-remedies, and more. The book presents a brief glimpse at the social history of medicine in this country.

ISBN: 1-57960-019-0      Price: $7.95      Pages: 60     

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An introduction to a few of the greatest inventors from each century in American history, the public's reaction to their innovations, and how their inventions changed the course of history. Included are Jefferson, Franklin, McCormick, Whitney, Eads, Bell, Edison, Glidden, Morse, Latimer, Hollerith, Berners-Lee, and others.

ISBN: 1-57960-077-8      Price: $8.95      Pages: 56     

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Shipwrecks have fascinated people for hundreds of years. In this volume, the fate of the Titanic, the Luisitania, the Essex, the Andrea Doria, and the Brother Jonathan, are detailed. Editor Phyllis Raybin Emert parallels Melville's text from Moby Dick with actual accounts from the survivors of the whaling ship Essex.

ISBN: 1-57960-011-5      Price: $7.95      Pages: 64     

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This biography of Edison focuses on the primary source documents which capture Edison's spirit, the progress he made on new inventions and the setbacks - both personal and professional. David King weaves a story from his own research into Edison's journals, letters, lab notes, drawings, peer criticism, and news accounts of the day. Ages ten to adult.

ISBN: 1-878668-55-2      Price: $5.95      Pages: 88     

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First-hand accounts and stories concerning different modes of transportation in America’s history, from stage coaches to trains, trolleys, ships, canal boats, airplanes, and the newest of all...the Segway.

ISBN: 1-57960-098-0      Price: $8.95      Pages: 52     

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This volume of documents highlights several of the many achievementsæ and a few of the disastrous failures of the NASA space program. Dr. Roger D. Launius, historian for NASA, sets the excerpts from government documents and scientific reports within the context of American society at the time of each new program and launch. The written documents and photographs take us from the early unmanned launches to key Kennedy and Nixon decisions, lunar landings, the Challenger accident, the "Apollo 13" movie, and to the very recent Mars Pathfinder mission. Launius also introduces the "Quest for Extraterrestrial Intelligence," in an article by Carl Sagan.

ISBN: 1-57960-008-5      Price: $7.95      Pages: 68     

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