Refrigeration Nation A History of Ice, Appliances, and Enterprise in America |
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| Author:
| Rees, Jonathan |
| Series title: | Studies in Industry and Society Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-4214-1106-4 |
| Publication Date: | Dec 2013 |
| Publisher: | Johns Hopkins University Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $50.00 |
Book Description:
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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 coldfrom cutting river and lake ice and shipping it to consumers for use in their iceboxes to ......
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 coldfrom cutting river and lake ice and shipping it to consumers for use in their iceboxes to ......