The History of Transportation

By Judith Herbst

Book Overview

Numerous transportation inventions over the past several centuries have completely changed how people travel and live. Inventions such as the wheel, boats, the steam engine, the internal combustion engine, and air travel have all reshaped history. These forms of transportation have made travel more simple and fast, while also making the world a global community that shares everything from information to diseases.

• Format: Library Binding
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822524961
• ISBN13: 9780822524960
• Release Date: January 2005
• Publisher: Twenty-First Century Books (CT)
• Length: 56 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 7.2" x 9.2"
• Age Range: 10 to 13 years
• Grade Range: Grades 5 to 8