Hirsch, S. Carl

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Cities are people

Traces the development of such cities as Rome and London, Philadelphia, Boston and other United States cities; presents the problems that urban areas must deal with, including slums, ghettos, pollution and traffic; and discusses the movement to suburbs, urban renewal, new cities, and the problems and goals of city planning.

Printing from a stone

A history of the invention and influence of lithography, printing from a flat surface, as a process for works of art and as a method of commercial printing.

Cities are people

Traces the development of such cities as Rome and London, Philadelphia, Boston and other United States cities; presents the problems that urban areas must deal with, including slums, ghettos, pollution and traffic; and discusses the movement to suburbs, urban renewal, new cities, and the problems and goals of city planning.

Printing from a stone

A history of the invention and influence of lithography, printing from a flat surface, as a process for works of art and as a method of commercial printing.

On course Navigating in sea, air, and space

Traces the history of navigation from the time of the Greeks to present day explorations of deep space.

Printing from a stone

A history of the invention and influence of lithography, printing from a flat surface, as a process for works of art and as a method of commercial printing.

The riddle of racism

1972
Traces the history of research on race, showing how it both influenced and was influenced by the political and social significance of race in United States history.

Printing from a stone

A history of the invention and influence of lithography, printing from a flat surface, as a process for works of art and as a method of commercial printing.

Meter means measure

the story of the metric system
1973
Discusses the creation and development of the metric system and explains why its adoption by the United States is both inevitable and desirable.

Famous American Indians of the Plains

1973
Discusses the history, culture, and legends of the major Plains tribes and the effects of their contact with the white man.

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