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...
Call Number: | Libro Electrónico |
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Format: | Electronic eBook |
Language: | Inglés |
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Chicago :
University of Chicago Press,
2011.
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Series: | Historical studies of urban America.
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Online Access: | Texto completo |