Refrigeration Nation : A History of Ice, Appliances, and Enterprise in America Hardback
by Jonathan (Professor of History, Colorado State University - Pueblo) Rees
Part of the Studies in Industry and Society series
Hardback
Description
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 shipping it to consumers for use in their iceboxes to the development of electrically powered equipment that ushered in a new age of convenience and health. As much a history of successful business practices as a history of technology, this book illustrates how refrigeration has changed the everyday lives of Americans and why it remains so important today.
Beginning with the natural ice industry in 1806, Rees considers a variety of factors that drove the industry, including the point and product of consumption, issues of transportation, and technological advances.
Rees also shows that how we obtain and preserve perishable food is related to our changing relationship with the natural world.
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:248 pages, 12 Illustrations, black and white
- Publisher:Johns Hopkins University Press
- Publication Date:09/02/2014
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- ISBN:9781421411064
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:248 pages, 12 Illustrations, black and white
- Publisher:Johns Hopkins University Press
- Publication Date:09/02/2014
- Category:
- ISBN:9781421411064
