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020 _a9781421411071
020 _a1421411075
020 _z9781421411064 (hardcover : acid-free paper)
020 _z1421411067 (hardcover : acid-free paper)
040 _aMdBmJHUP
_cMdBmJHUP
050 0 0 _aTP492.7
_b.R435 2014
082 0 0 _a621.5/640973
_223
100 1 _aRees, Jonathan,
_d1966-
245 1 0 _aRefrigeration nation
_h[electronic resource] :
_ba history of ice, appliances, and enterprise in America /
_cJonathan Rees.
260 _aBaltimore :
_bThe Johns Hopkins University Press,
_c2014.
_e(Baltimore, Md. :
_fProject MUSE,
_g2015)
300 _a1 online resource (pages cm.)
490 0 _aStudies in industry and society
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 _aIntroduction: 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.
588 _aDescription based on print version record.
650 0 _aCold storage industry
_xEconomic aspects
_zUnited States
_xHistory.
650 0 _aCold storage industry
_xSocial aspects
_zUnited States
_xHistory.
650 0 _aCold storage industry
_zUnited States
_xHistory.
650 0 _aRefrigeration and refrigerating machinery
_xEconomic aspects
_zUnited States
_xHistory.
650 0 _aRefrigeration and refrigerating machinery
_xSocial aspects
_zUnited States
_xHistory.
650 0 _aRefrigeration and refrigerating machinery
_zUnited States
_xHistory.
655 7 _aElectronic books.
_2local
710 2 _aProject Muse.
856 4 0 _zFull text available:
_uhttps://muse.jhu.edu/books/9781421411071/
942 _2Dewey Decimal Classification
_ceBooks
999 _c34145
_d34145