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.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Nye, David E.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge : MIT Press, 2019.
Series:MIT Press Ser.
Subjects:
1800-1999
Street lighting > Social aspects > United States > History > 19th century.
Street lighting > Social aspects > United States > History > 20th century.
Lighting > Special effects.
City and town life > United States > History > 19th century.
City and town life > United States > History > 20th century.
Éclairage > Effets spéciaux.
Vie urbaine > États-Unis > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Vie urbaine > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Lampadaires (Éclairage public) > Aspect social > États-Unis > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Lampadaires (Éclairage public) > Aspect social > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle.
City and town life
Lighting > Special effects
United States
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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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