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Construction:  Methods and Costs

Construction of Home: 

Thoreau, H.D. (1854). Walden. pp. 86-93. New York:  Penguin Press

Building a Railroad: 
 
Wilder, L.I. (1939). By The Shores of Silver Lake. pp. 96-105. New York: Harper Row.
 
Building a Bridge:
 
Shapiro, I. ed. (1973). Building the Big Bridge. pp. 198-200. The Golden Book of America.  New York:  Golden Press.
 
 
Machinery
 
Farm Equipment and Harvest: 
 
Shapiro, I. ed. (1973). Eli Whitney's Magic Machines. pp. 50-53. The Golden Book of America.  New York:  Golden Press.
 
Wilder, L.I. (1933). Farmer Boy. pp. 228-237. New York: Harper Row.
 
Wilder, L.I. (1940). The Long Winter. pp. 4-9. New York: Harper Row.
 
 
Electricity
 
Hill, H.C. ed. (1921). The Story of Electricity in the Home. pp. 200-213. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.  Philadelphia: The John C. Winston Company.
 
 
Transportation
 
Shapiro, I. ed. (1973). Built for Speed. pp. 112-113. The Golden Book of America.  New York:  Golden Press.
 
Shaprio, I. ed. (1973). The Overland Stage. pp. 152-153. The Golden Book of America.  New York:  Golden Press.
 
Shaprio, I. ed. (1973). Builders for the Carriage Trade. pp. 169-172. The Golden Book of America.  New York:  Golden Press.
 
Shaprio, I. ed. (1973). The Great Bicycle Craze. pp. 185-186. The Golden Book of America.  New York:  Golden Press.
 
 
Commerce
 
Shapiro, I. ed. (1973). The Old Country Store. pp. 157-160. The Golden Book of America.  New York:  Golden Press.
 
St. Onge, S.S., King, D.W. & St. Onge, R. R. eds. (1983). Les Petits Commerçants ou le supermarché? pp. 2-5. Interactions. Boston: Heinle & Heinle Publishing, Inc. 
 
 
Professions
 
Shaprio, I. ed. (1973). When the Streets Talked. pp. 178-181. The Golden Book of America.  New York: Golden Press.
 
Shapiro, I. ed. (1973). The Proud, Fighting Firemen. pp. 182-184. The Golden Book of America.  New York: Golden Press.
 
Dorson, R. (1973). The Later National Period: The Economic Impulse. pp. 123-250. America in Legend: Folklore from the Colonial Period to the Present. New York: Pantheon Books.