Refrigeration Nation

A History of Ice, Appliances, and Enterprise in America

By:

Jonathan Rees

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Paperback / softback

Series:

Studies in Industry and Society

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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 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.

Author Biography:

Jonathan Rees is a professor of history at Colorado State University-Pueblo. He is the author of Industrialization and the Transformation of American Life: A Brief Introduction and Refrigerator.

Release date Australia

August 10th, 2016

Author

Jonathan Rees

Audience

Professional & Vocational

Illustrations

12 Illustrations, black and white

Pages

248

Series

Studies in Industry and Society

Dimensions

152x229x15

ISBN-13

9781421419862

Product ID

24536543

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