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Refrigeration nation : a history of ice, appliances, and enterprise in America / Jonathan Rees.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Rees, Jonathan, 1966-
- Series:
- Studies in industry and society
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Refrigeration and refrigerating machinery--United States--History.
- Refrigeration and refrigerating machinery.
- Refrigeration and refrigerating machinery--Social aspects--United States--History.
- Refrigeration and refrigerating machinery--Economic aspects--United States--History.
- Cold storage industry--United States--History.
- Cold storage industry.
- Cold storage industry--Social aspects--United States--History.
- Cold storage industry--Economic aspects--United States--History.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (249 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Baltimore : The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2013.
- Language Note:
- English
- Contents:
- Introduction: The Cold Chain
- Inventing the Cold Chain, 1806-1880
- The Long Wait for Mechanical Refrigeration, 1850-1910
- The Decline of the Natural Ice Industry, 1880-1910
- Refrigerated Transport Near and Far
- The Pleasures and Perils of Cold Storage
- "Who Ever Heard of an American Without an Icebox?"
- The Early Days of Electric Household Refrigeration
- The Completion of the Modern Cold Chain, 1930-Present
- Conclusion: Refrigeration, Capitalism and the Environment.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-4214-1107-5
- OCLC:
- 861209914
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