Air-conditioning America
Subtitle: Engineers and the Controlled Environment, 1900-1960 (Johns Hopkins Studies in the History of Technology)
Publisher: The Johns Hopkins University Press
Published: August 1, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 240
ISBN-13: 9780801871139
Subjects: Heating, lighting, ventilation; History of engineering & technology; Impact of science & technology on society; 20th century; Science/Mathematics; Science; History - U.S.; USA; History; Social Aspects; United States - 20th Century; Science / History
First sentence: This book centers on the debate, sometimes acrimonious, over open windows: the ones that let in cool breezes and the smell of spring flowers, summer evenings, and damp autumn leaves; the same ones that let in city noise, smokestack pollution, street dirt, and hot, humid air.