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Author:   Carroll Gantz
Publisher:   McFarland & Co Inc
Imprint:   McFarland & Co Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.40cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.381kg
ISBN:  

9780786476879

ISBN 10:   0786476877
Pages:   280
Publication Date:   13 July 2015
Recommended Age:   From 18 years
Audience:   General/trade ,  Adult education ,  General ,  Further / Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Table of Contents Acknowledgments Preface Introduction 1 Natural Cooling and Ice 2 Mechanically Manufactured Ice 3 Electricity and Invention 4 Early Electric Refrigerators 5 Gas Refrigeration and Air Conditioners 6 The Rise of Fashion and the Depression 7 The Design Decade 8 Postwar Refrigeration 9 Regulations and Climate Change 10 Epilogue: Snow and Ice Redux Chapter Notes Bibliography Index

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Gantz is highly knowledgeable...vividly recreates the era of the icebox --Wall Street Journal readers will learn about a number of different topics...readable narrative...recommended --Booklist.

Recommended -- Booklist Booklist Gantz is highly knowledgeable...vividly recreates the era of the icebox --Wall Street Journal; readers will learn about a number of different topics...readable narrative...recommended --Booklist.

Gantz is highly knowledgeable...vividly recreates the era of the icebox --<i>Wall Street Journal</i>; readers will learn about a number of different topics...readable narrative...recommended --<i>Booklist</i>.

Recommended -- Booklist Booklist

Author Information

Carroll Gantz is a professional industrial designer who holds several dozen patents. A long-time Black & Decker design director, and a Carnegie Mellon University professor, he is a past president of the Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA). He lives on Seabrook Island in South Carolina.

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