Ice from mixed drinks to skating rinks - a cool history of a hot commodity

"The unexpected and unexplored ways that ice has transformed a nation-from the foods Americans eat, to the sports they play, to the way they live today-and what its future might look like on a swiftly warming planet"--

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Main Author: Brady, Amy, Ph.D (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : G.P. Putnam's Sons, [2023]
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Summary:"The unexpected and unexplored ways that ice has transformed a nation-from the foods Americans eat, to the sports they play, to the way they live today-and what its future might look like on a swiftly warming planet"--
Physical Description:xx, 312 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780593422199
0593422198
Author Notes:Amy Brady is the executive director and publisher of Orion magazine and coeditor of The World as We Knew It: Dispatches from a Changing Climate . Brady has made appearances on the BBC, NPR, and PBS. She holds a PhD in literature and American studies and has won writing and research awards from the National Science Foundation, the Bread Loaf Environmental Writers' Conference, and the Library of Congress.