Refrigeration nation : a history of ice, appliances, and enterprise in America [E-Book] / Jonathan Rees.
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Personal Name(s): | Rees, Jonathan |
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Baltimore :
The Johns Hopkins University Press,
2013
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Physical Description: |
1 online resource (249 pages) : illustrations. |
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englisch |
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9781421411071 (e-book) |
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Studies in industry and society
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- 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.