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

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

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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 &am...

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Main Author: Baldwin, Peter C.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2011.
Series:Historical studies of urban America.
Subjects:
Cities and towns > United States > History > 19th century.
Municipal lighting > United States > History.
Night work > United States > History.
Nightlife > United States > History.
Cities and towns.
Municipal lighting.
Night work.
Nightlife.
United States.
History.

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