[PDF.84jc] Cool Comfort: America's Romance with Air-Conditioning

Cool Comfort: America's Romance with Air-Conditioning

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 | #960890 in Books |  Smithsonian |  2002-02 |  2002-04-17 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  .86 x6.25 x9.26l, | File type: PDF | 248 pages

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||10 of 11 people found the following review helpful.| It's "Kool" in here!|By stackofbooks|Marsha Ackermann, the author of this wonderful book, is a historian. She leads us on a wonderful historical tour of air-conditioning in America. Ackermann starts in the early `20's with a geographer, Ellsworth Huntington, who strongly believed that "people of European races (because of milder, temperate weather) are able to accomplish the|About the Author|Marsha E. Ackermann lectures in history at Eastern Michigan University.|||From the Trade Paperback edition.

The year 2002 marked the 100th anniversary of the first installation of air-conditioning. During the past century, it has become a staple of American life; 83% of US homes are now air-conditioned. In this engaging social history, Marsha Ackermann explores how the idea of “cooling” became firmly embedded in the social perceptions and expectations of Americans, transforming our definition of comfort and the way we live, work, and play.


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