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Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things. It may be responsible for a greater improvement in human diet and longevity than any other technology of the last two thousand years-but have you ever thought seriously about your refrigerator?...

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Main Author: Rees, Jonathan, 1966- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Bloomsbury Academic, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Inc, 2015.
Series:Object lessons.
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Online Access:DE-862
DE-863
Summary:Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things. It may be responsible for a greater improvement in human diet and longevity than any other technology of the last two thousand years-but have you ever thought seriously about your refrigerator? That box humming in the background displays more than you might expect, even who you are and the society in which you live. Jonathan Rees examines the past, present, and future of the household refrigerator with the aim of preventing its users from ever taking it for granted again. No mere contai.
Item Description:Includes index.
Physical Description:1 online resource (124 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 109-117) and index.
ISBN:1628924357
9781628924350
9781628924343
1628924349

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