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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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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Baldwin, Peter C., 1962-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2011.
Series:Historical studies of urban America.
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