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Article: A cool commentary: book explores air conditioning's social impact.
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"Air-conditioning's huge machinery and enormous expense, both heavily publicized, lent prestige and glamour to the establishments capable of installing it."
A look at the history of air conditioning from a historical and sociological perspective is found in a new book, "Cool Comfort: America's Romance With Air Conditioning," published by the Smithsonian Institution Press.
Author Marsha Ackermann isn't an engineer, nor does she work for a manufacturer. Instead, she lectures in history at Eastern Michigan University in Ypsilanti, Mich. This book isn't about the nuts and bolts of early attempts at air conditioning, although there is some of that in there, ...
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Transcript: Analysis: History of air conditioning and how it ...
Talk of the Nation (NPR);
July 11, 2002 ;
700+ words
... ... feel the heat? What has air conditioning done for you? Give us ... She's the author of Cool Comfort: America's Romance with Air Conditioning. She joins us from member ... University; Author, Cool Comfort ): Well, thank you very ...
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