Cool : how air conditioning changed everything / / Salvatore Basile |
Autore | Basile Salvatore |
Edizione | [First edition.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York : , : Fordham University Press, , 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (288 p.) |
Disciplina | 697 |
Soggetto topico | Air conditioning - Efficiency |
Soggetto non controllato |
Alfred Wolff
American history Carrier John Gorrie New York City History Popular culture advertising history air conditioner air conditioning history air conditioning architecture climate change cooling man-made weather mechanical ventilation motion picture history radio history television history theater history |
ISBN |
0-8232-6177-8
0-8232-7178-1 0-8232-6178-6 0-8232-6179-4 |
Classificazione | ZI 8700 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Ice, Air, and Crowd Poison -- 2. The Wondrous Comfort of Ammonia -- 3. For Paper, Not People -- 4. Coolth: Everybody’s Doing It -- 5. Big Ideas. Bold Concepts. Bad Timing. -- 6. From Home Front to Each Home -- 7. The Unnecessary, Unhealthy Luxury (That No One Would Give Up) -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910786763803321 |
Basile Salvatore
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Cool : how air conditioning changed everything / / Salvatore Basile |
Autore | Basile Salvatore |
Edizione | [First edition.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York : , : Fordham University Press, , 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (288 p.) |
Disciplina | 697 |
Soggetto topico | Air conditioning - Efficiency |
Soggetto non controllato |
Alfred Wolff
American history Carrier John Gorrie New York City History Popular culture advertising history air conditioner air conditioning history air conditioning architecture climate change cooling man-made weather mechanical ventilation motion picture history radio history television history theater history |
ISBN |
0-8232-6177-8
0-8232-7178-1 0-8232-6178-6 0-8232-6179-4 |
Classificazione | ZI 8700 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Ice, Air, and Crowd Poison -- 2. The Wondrous Comfort of Ammonia -- 3. For Paper, Not People -- 4. Coolth: Everybody’s Doing It -- 5. Big Ideas. Bold Concepts. Bad Timing. -- 6. From Home Front to Each Home -- 7. The Unnecessary, Unhealthy Luxury (That No One Would Give Up) -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910807063203321 |
Basile Salvatore
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New York : , : Fordham University Press, , 2014 | ||
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The routes not taken : a trip through New York City's unbuilt subway system / / Joseph B. Raskin |
Autore | Raskin Joseph B |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York : , : Empire State Editions, an imprint of Fordham University Press, , [2014] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (681 p.) |
Disciplina | 388.4/2097471 |
Soggetto topico |
Subways - New York (State) - New York - Design and construction - History
Subways - New York (State) - New York - History |
Soggetto non controllato |
New York City History
Transit History Unbuilt Subway Lines |
ISBN |
0-8232-5375-9
0-8232-6110-7 0-8232-5532-8 0-8232-5374-0 |
Classificazione | TRA004010TRA009000HIS036080 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Machine generated contents note: -- Contents -- 1. Building (and Not Building) New York City's Subway System -- 2. Sound to Shore - The Unbuilt Brooklyn Queens Crosstown Line -- 3. Why the No. 7 Line Stops in Flushing -- 4. The Battle of the Northeast Bronx - 1 -- 5. Buy Land Now, Ride the Subway Later -- 6. Ashland Place and the Mysteries of 76th Street -- 7. To the City Limits and Beyond -- 8. The Battle of the Northeast Bronx - 2 -- 9. Building the Line That Almost Never Was -- 10. Other Plans, Other Lines, Other Issues in the Postwar Years -- 11. What Happened to the Rest of the System??? -- Appendix 1. The 1944 Service Plan -- Appendix 2. The 1947 2nd Avenue Service Plan -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910787659003321 |
Raskin Joseph B
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New York : , : Empire State Editions, an imprint of Fordham University Press, , [2014] | ||
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The routes not taken : a trip through New York City's unbuilt subway system / / Joseph B. Raskin |
Autore | Raskin Joseph B |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York : , : Empire State Editions, an imprint of Fordham University Press, , [2014] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (681 p.) |
Disciplina | 388.4/2097471 |
Soggetto topico |
Subways - New York (State) - New York - Design and construction - History
Subways - New York (State) - New York - History |
Soggetto non controllato |
New York City History
Transit History Unbuilt Subway Lines |
ISBN |
0-8232-5375-9
0-8232-6110-7 0-8232-5532-8 0-8232-5374-0 |
Classificazione | TRA004010TRA009000HIS036080 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Machine generated contents note: -- Contents -- 1. Building (and Not Building) New York City's Subway System -- 2. Sound to Shore - The Unbuilt Brooklyn Queens Crosstown Line -- 3. Why the No. 7 Line Stops in Flushing -- 4. The Battle of the Northeast Bronx - 1 -- 5. Buy Land Now, Ride the Subway Later -- 6. Ashland Place and the Mysteries of 76th Street -- 7. To the City Limits and Beyond -- 8. The Battle of the Northeast Bronx - 2 -- 9. Building the Line That Almost Never Was -- 10. Other Plans, Other Lines, Other Issues in the Postwar Years -- 11. What Happened to the Rest of the System??? -- Appendix 1. The 1944 Service Plan -- Appendix 2. The 1947 2nd Avenue Service Plan -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910824333303321 |
Raskin Joseph B
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New York : , : Empire State Editions, an imprint of Fordham University Press, , [2014] | ||
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