Cool: How Air Conditioning Changed Everything by Basile, Salvatore - 2016-05-31

Fordham University Press. Used - Very Good. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.

Fordham University Press, 2016-06-01. Paperback. New.

Fordham University Press, 2016. Paperback. New. A clean crisp well preserved 2016 Fordham University Press softcover in a fine tight binding. Little to no shelf wear. Text is bright and free of marks or underlining. Fast shipping in a secure book box mailer with tracking. It's a contraption that makes the lists of "Greatest Inventions Ever"; at the same time, it's accused of causing global disaster. It has changed everything from architecture to people's food habits to their voting patterns, to even the way big business washes its windows. It has saved countless lives . . . while causing countless deaths. Most of us are glad it's there. But we don't know how, or when, it got there. It's air conditioning. For thousands of years, humankind attempted to do something about the slow torture of hot weather. Everything was tried: water power, slave power, electric power, ice made from steam engines and cold air made from deadly chemicals, "zephyrifers," refrigerated beds, ventilation amateurs and… Read More

Fordham University Press, 2016-06-01. Paperback. Like New.

Fordham University Press. New. BRAND NEW, GIFT QUALITY! NOT OVERSTOCKS OR MARKED UP REMAINDERS! DIRECT FROM THE PUBLISHER!

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

New. .

Fordham University Press. New. Special order direct from the distributor

Fordham Univ Pr, 2016. Paperback. New. 1st edition. 288 pages. 9.25x6.25x0.75 inches.

Paperback / softback. New. A narrative history of the development of air conditioning from its beginnings to its current state, with an emphasis on its reception by members of the public.