Refrigeration nation : : a history of ice, appliances, and enterprise in America / / Jonathan Rees.
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| Place / Publishing House: | Baltimore : : The Johns Hopkins University Press,, 2013. |
| Year of Publication: | 2013 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Studies in industry and society
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (249 pages) :; illustrations. |
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Table of 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.