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

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

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Rees, Jonathan, 1966-
Imprint:	Baltimore : The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2014.
Description:	1 online resource
Language:	English
Series:	Studies in industry and society Studies in industry and society.
Subject:	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. Cold storage industry -- Economic aspects -- United States -- History. Cold storage industry. Refrigeration and refrigerating machinery. United States. Electronic books. History.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11209164

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ISBN:	1421411075 9781421411071 9781421411064 1421411067
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. Print version record.
Other form:	Print version: Rees, Jonathan, 1966- Refrigeration nation. Baltimore : The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2013 9781421411064

Table of Contents:

0. Acknowledgments
0. Introduction
1. Inventing the Cold Chain
2. The\Long Wait for Mechanical Refrigeration
3. The\Decline of the Natural Ice Industry
4. Refrigerated Transport Near and Far
5. The\Pleasures and Perils of Cold Storage
6. "Who Ever Heard of an American without an Icebox?"
7. The\Early Days of Electric Household Refrigeration
8. The\Completion of the Modern Cold Chain
0. Conclusion
0. Notes
0. Essay on Sources
0. Index