American Illuminations : Urban Lighting, 1800-1920

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How Americans adapted European royal illuminations for patriotic celebrations, spectacular expositions, and intensely bright commercial lighting to create the world's most dazzling and glamorous cities.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Nye, David E.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge : MIT Press, 2019.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Lighting > Special effects.
City and town life.
Vie urbaine > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Vie urbaine > États-Unis > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Éclairage > Effets speciaux.
City and town life > United States > History > 20th century.
City and town life > United States > History > 19th century.
Street lighting > Social aspects > United States > History > 20th century.
Street lighting > Social aspects > United States > History > 19th century.
United States.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Illuminations
  • Energy transitions
  • The United States and Europe
  • Moonlight towers
  • Spectacles and expositions
  • Commercial landscape
  • City beautiful
  • Light as a political spectacle
  • Mutliple blindings.

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