Ever wondered how urbanites in the past have tried to keep cool in the summer using water? Our article has answers! ⛲️👇
Chloé Duteil
Our @meltingmetropolis.bsky.social article on keeping cool in summertime Paris, New York and London is free to read in the Journal of Social History. doi.org/10.1093/jsh/...
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Abstract. At the turn of the twentieth century, Paris, New York, and London were epicenters of urban modernity, but these cities and their inhabitants were