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“A magnified piece of thermodynamics”: The Promethean iconography of the refigerator in Paul Theroux's The Mosquito Coast (1999)

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Authors & Contributors
Dienel, Hans-Liudger
Rees, Jonathan
Hård, Mikael
Susan K. Appel
Gene Semon
Stuart T. Maher
Journals
IA. The Journal of the Society for Industrial Archeology
The Chemical Educator
Technology and Culture
Technikgeschichte: Beiträge zur Geschichte der Technik und Industrie
Scientific American
Polhem: Tidskrift för Teknikhistoria
Publishers
Signature Press
Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht
Johns Hopkins University Press
Institutionen för Idé- och Lärdomshistoria, Göteborgs Univ.
IEEE
Harvard University Press
Concepts
Refrigeration
Technology
Food preservation
Industry
Ice
Food science; food technology
People
Pennington, Mary Engle
von Linde, Carl, Carl von Linde
Weiss, Paul A.
Theroux, Paul
Szilard, Leo
Midgley, Thomas
Time Periods
20th century
19th century
20th century, early
20th century, late
Places
United States
Helsinki (Finland)
Sweden
Greece
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