Cool
Subtitle: how air conditioning changed everything
By: Salvatore Basile
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: Fordham University Press
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 278
ISBN-13: 9780823261765
Subjects: Efficiency; Air conditioning; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-265) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Ice, air, and crowd poison; title: The wondrous comfort of ammonia; title: For paper, not people; title: Coolth: everybody's doing it; title: Big ideas. Bold concepts. Bad timing; title: From home front to each home; title: The unnecessary, unhealthy luxury (that no one would give up); title: Conclusion.