Advances and Innovations in American Daily Life 1600s-1930s

<p> Throughout its history America has seen incremental improvements in the domestic and social lives of its citizens. Just for instance Will K. Kellogg--who operated a Battle Creek Michigan sanitarium with his brother--developed a new crunchy breakfast cereal to serve in the sanitarium and sold it to the nation by mail order. The business grew revolutionizing American eating habits by replacing the traditional heavy hot breakfast with cold cereals.</p><p> 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.</p><p> 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.</p>