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 | ||
New York : , : Fordham University Press, , 2014 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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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 | ||
New York : , : Fordham University Press, , 2014 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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