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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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Call Number: TP 492.7 .R435 2013
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