Refrigeration nation [electronic resource] : a history of ice, appliances, and enterprise in America / Jonathan Rees.
Material type: TextSeries: Studies in industry and societyPublication details: Baltimore : The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2014. 2015)Description: 1 online resource (pages cm.)ISBN:- 9781421411071
- 1421411075
- Cold storage industry -- Economic aspects -- United States -- History
- Cold storage industry -- Social aspects -- United States -- History
- Cold storage industry -- United States -- History
- Refrigeration and refrigerating machinery -- Economic aspects -- United States -- History
- Refrigeration and refrigerating machinery -- Social aspects -- United States -- History
- Refrigeration and refrigerating machinery -- United States -- History
- 621.5/640973 23
- TP492.7 .R435 2014
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
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