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Johns Hopkins Studies in the History of Technology: Air-Conditioning America : Engineers and the Controlled Environment, 1900-1960 by Gail Cooper (2002, Trade Paperback)

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AIR-CONDITIONING AMERICA: ENGINEERS AND THE CONTROLLED ENVIRONMENT, 1900-1960 (JOHNS HOPKINS STUDIES IN THE HISTORY OF TECHNOLOGY) By Gail Cooper **BRAND NEW**.

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Product Identifiers

PublisherJohns Hopkins University Press

ISBN-100801871131

ISBN-139780801871139

eBay Product ID (ePID)2516621

Product Key Features

Number of Pages240 Pages

Publication NameAir-Conditioning America : Engineers and the Controlled Environment, 1900-1960

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2002

SubjectConstruction / Heating, Ventilation & Air Conditioning, History

TypeTextbook

Subject AreaTechnology & Engineering, Science

AuthorGail Cooper

SeriesJohns Hopkins Studies in the History of Technology

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Weight13.7 Oz

Item Length9 in

Item Width6 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

Reviews"A groundbreaking study in the early business development of a technology that many Americans now take for granted."--Robert A. Young, APT Bulletin, "Gail Cooper's study is a welcome addition to the history of technology and urban history. Its strength lies in mapping out fundamental engineering and marketing issues about a technology that has had a profound impact on the very nature of inside environments."--Martin V. Melosi, American Historical Review, "It sounds like a technical history, and indeed it is, but along the way Cooper shows how ideology, social relations, and economics affect the technology, and how it affects them. In this way, we can learn much from such books -- 'cultural studies' seeming so much livelier when borne up by material culture than by the unsteady scaffold of abstract theory."--Giles Foden, Times Literary Supplement

Dewey Edition21

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal697.9/3/0973

SynopsisThe author shows how, from the outset, air conditioning has been the focus of conflict and controversy - well predating modern concerns about fluorocarbons and global warming. She reveals the challenges made by workers, consumers, government regulators, business competitors and professionals.

LC Classification NumberTH7687.5.C66 2002