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Refrigeration nation : a history of ice, appliances, and enterprise in America

Only when the power goes off and food spoils do we truly appreciate how much we rely on refrigerators and freezers. In Refrigeration Nation, Jonathan Rees explores the innovative methods and gadgets that Americans have invented to keep perishable food cold-from cutting river and lake ice and shippin...

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Main Author: Rees, Jonathan, 1966-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Baltimore : The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2013.
Series:Studies in industry and society
Subjects and Genres:
Refrigeration and refrigerating machinery > United States > History.
Refrigeration and refrigerating machinery > Social aspects > United States > History.
Refrigeration and refrigerating machinery > Economic aspects > United States > History.
Cold storage industry > United States > History.
Cold storage industry > Social aspects > United States > History.
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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.

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