Book ID: CBB001213168

Refrigeration Nation: A History of Ice, Appliances, and Enterprise in America (2013)

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Rees, Jonathan (Author)


Johns Hopkins University Press


Publication Date: 2013
Physical Details: 256 pp.; ill.
Language: English

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. He compares how people have used the "cold chain" in America to its use in other countries, offering insight into more than just what we eat. Refrigeration Nation helps explain one small part of who we are as a people.

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Review Jason Loviglio (2015) Review of "Refrigeration Nation: A History of Ice, Appliances, and Enterprise in America". Journal of American History (pp. 892-893). unapi

Review Jackson, Kathy Merlock (2014) Review of "Refrigeration Nation: A History of Ice, Appliances, and Enterprise in America". Journal of American Culture (p. 246). unapi

Review Hamilton, Shane (2015) Review of "Refrigeration Nation: A History of Ice, Appliances, and Enterprise in America". Agricultural History (pp. 293-294). unapi

Review Veit, Helen Zoe (2014) Review of "Refrigeration Nation: A History of Ice, Appliances, and Enterprise in America". American Historical Review (pp. 1284-1285). unapi

Review Hamilton, Shane (2015) Review of "Refrigeration Nation: A History of Ice, Appliances, and Enterprise in America". Agricultural History (pp. 293-294). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Cugini, Umberto
Rovida, Edoardo
Marco Venanzi
Leoni, Vittorio
Genta, Giancarlo
Gasparetto, Michele
Concepts
Science and industry
Industry
Technology
Mechanics
Engineering
Machines
Time Periods
19th century
20th century
21st century
18th century
20th century, early
Early modern
Places
Italy
United States
Birmingham (England)
Helsinki (Finland)
Great Britain
Institutions
Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche
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