Cool: how air conditioning changed everything

Ice, air, and crowd poison

The wondrous comfort of ammonia

For paper, not people

Coolth : everybody's doing it

Big ideas. Bold concepts. Bad timing.

From home front to each home

The unnecessary, unhealthy luxury (that no one would give up).

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Ice, air, and crowd poison

Wondrous comfort of ammonia

For paper, not people

Coolth: everybody's doing it

Big ideas-bold concepts-bad timing

From home front to each home

Unnecessary, unhealthy luxury (that no one would give up)

Conclusion

Notes

Bibliography

Index.