In the Watches of the Night : Life in the Nocturnal City, 1820-1930.

Before skyscrapers and streetlights glowed at all hours, American cities fell into inky blackness with each setting of the sun. But over the course of the nineteenth and early twentieth century, new technologies began to light up streets, sidewalks, buildings, and public spaces. Peter C. Baldwin...

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Автор: Baldwin, Peter C., 1962-
Формат: Licensed eBooks
Мова:Англійська
Опубліковано: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2011.
Серія:Historical studies of urban America.
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Зміст:
  • 1. Making Night Hideous; 2. Lighting the Heart of Darkness; 3. Quitting Time; 4. Recreations and Dissipations; 5. After Midnight; 6. Nightmen; 7. Incessance; 8. Mashers, Owl Cars, and Night Hawks; 9. Night Life in the Electric City; 10. Regulated Night; Acknowledgments; List of Abbreviations; Notes; Index.