Ice in the Tropics: the Export of ‘Crystal Blocks of Yankee Coldness’ to India and Brazil
The Boston natural ice trade thrived during 1830-70 based upon Frederic Tudor’s idea of combining two useless products – natural winter ice in New England ponds and sawdust from Maine’s lumber mills. Tudor ice was exported extensively to the tropics from the West Indies to Brazil and the East Indies...
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| Language: | Portuguese |
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Universidade Estadual de Maringá
2011-11-01
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| Series: | Revista Espaço Acadêmico |
| Online Access: | http://periodicos.uem.br/ojs/index.php/EspacoAcademico/article/view/15209 |