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In the watches of the night life in the nocturnal city, 1820-1930
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In the watches of the night [electronic resource] : life in the nocturnal city, 1820-1930 / Peter C. Baldwin.
ISBN
9780226036038 (ebook) :
Published
Chicago : University of Chicago Press, c2012.
Physical Description
1 online resource (284 p.) : ill.
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Summary
Before skyscrapers & streetlights, American cities fell into inky blackness with each setting of the sun. But over the course of the 19th & early 20th centuries, new technologies began to light up the city. This text depicts the changing experiences of the urban night over this period, visiting a host of actors in the nocturnal city.
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University press scholarship online.
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Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
September 22, 2015
Series
Historical studies of urban America
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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