Refrigeration nation : a history of ice, appliances, and enterprise in America /
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Format: | Elektronisch E-Book |
Sprache: | Englisch |
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Baltimore :
The Johns Hopkins University Press,
2013.
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Schriftenreihe: | Studies in industry and society
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Inhaltsangabe:
- 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.