{"product_id":"refrigeration-nation-jonathan-rees-9781421411064","title":"Refrigeration Nation: A History of Ice, Appliances, and Enterprise in America","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHow we keep food cold while the house stays warm.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOnly when the power goes off and food spoils do we truly appreciate how much we rely on refrigerators and freezers. In \u003ci\u003eRefrigeration Nation\u003c\/i\u003e, 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jonathan Rees\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1421411067\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781421411064\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Johns Hopkins University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/15\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 248\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.10w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChronicle of Higher Education\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/27\/2011 pg. 14\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2014","brand":"Jonathan Rees","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48088210899199,"sku":"9781421411064","price":50.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d59ff8a9-bc3b-4f69-b9e6-0cb2e7cf4a6b.jpg?v=1769103671","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/refrigeration-nation-jonathan-rees-9781421411064","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}