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Air-Conditioning America: Engineers and the Controlled Environment, 1900-1960 (Johns Hopkins Studies in the History of Technology)
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ISBN: 0801871131
Author: Cooper, Gail
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In this groundbreaking study, Gail Cooper shows that, from the outset, air conditioning has been the focus of conflict and controversywell predating today's concerns about fluorocarbons and global warming. While a technical elite of designers, inventors, and corporate pioneers made a comprehensive plans for the new technology, their ideas were challenged by workers, consumers, government regulators, business competitors, and rival professionals.
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Air-Conditioning America: Engineers and the Controlled Environment, 1900-1960 (Johns Hopkins Studies in the History of Technology)