BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Talks.cam//talks.cam.ac.uk// X-WR-CALNAME:Talks.cam BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:"\;The Largest Air-Conditioned Room in the World"\;: Houst on and the History of Climate Change - Jonathan Levy (Sciences Po) DTSTART:20251030T171500Z DTEND:20251030T184500Z UID:TALK237409@talks.cam.ac.uk CONTACT:Dr AM Price DESCRIPTION:This talk draws from a book-in-progress that aspires to write the history of climate change in the late twentieth-century from the persp ective of the history of a city: Houston\, Texas. Houston has long been th e corporate headquarters of the global oil economy. Because of its unique urban form\, dominated by sprawl\, automobile use\, and climate control th rough air-conditioning\, Houston has the most energy-intensive form of urb an life in the world. This talk will draw from a chapter of the book that details the rise of air-conditioning in the city\, as well as its entangle ment with the histories of real estate and civil rights. It focuses upon t he construction of the Astrodome (1965)\, when it was built the "largest a ir-conditioned room in the world." \n\nThis talk is part of the "Core Semi nar in Economic and Social History":https://talks.cam.ac.uk/show/index/604 42 series. LOCATION:Lightfoot Room\, Old Divinity School\, St John’s College END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR