Ice
great moments in the history of hard, cold water
by Karal Ann Marling
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"Cultural historian Karal Ann Marling considers the history of ice, "hard, cold water." What better place to start than with dessert? The pleasure of ice cream on a hot day has been known since the sixteenth century, although it wasn't until a few hundred years later that refrigeration made the treat available to the masses. From this sweet beginning, Marling expands her icy explorations to the realm of fiction - the ice crossing in Uncle Tom's Cabin, the frozen wasteland of Frankenstein, the utopias reached through imagined holes in the polar ice - and to the movies and Broadway, with their treatment of extreme landscapes. The study of ice by a true aficionado yields fascinating insights and may just inspire readers to embrace winter - or to make their way to the nearest ice cream shop."--Jacket.
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History, Ice, Popular works, Social aspects, Social aspects of IceShowing 1 featured edition. View all 1 editions?
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Ice: great moments in the history of hard, cold water
2008, Borealis Books
in English
0873516281 9780873516280
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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