{"product_id":"refrigerator-9789386606693","title":"Refrigerator","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Jonathan Rees\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing (US)\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Bloomsbury Academic India\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Semiotics \u0026amp; Theory\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eObject 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 yearsȔbut 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 container for cold Cokes and celery stalks, the refrigerator acts as a mirrorȔand what it reflects is chilling indeed.Object Lessons is published in partnership with an essay series in The Atlantic. Jonathan Rees is Professor of History at Colorado State University – Pueblo, USA. He is the author of four books, including of Refrigeration Nation: A History of Ice, Appliances and Enterprise in America (2013) and Industrialization and the Transformation of American Life: A Brief Introduction (2012).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing (US)","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46359556096151,"sku":"9789386606693","price":163.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9789386606693.webp?v=1769306191","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/refrigerator-9789386606693","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}