Wolfgang Schivelbusch tells the story of the development of artificial light in the nineteenth century. Not simply a history of a technology, Disenchanted Night revelas the ways that the technology of artificial illumination helped forge modern consciousness. In his strikingly illustrated and lively narrative, Schivelbusch discusses a range of subject including the political symbolism of streetlamps, the rise of nightlife and the shopwindow, and the importance of the salon in bourgeois culture.
Disenchanted Night: The Industrialization of Light in the Nineteenth Century
University of California Press
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University of California Press
Disenchanted Night: The Industrialization of Light in the Nineteenth Century
- UPC:
- 9780520203549
- Maximum Purchase:
- 2 units
- Binding:
- Paperback
- Publication Date:
- 12/20/1995
- Release Date:
- 12/20/1995
- Author:
- Schivelbusch, Wolfgang
- Language:
- English: Published; English: Original Language; English
- Edition:
- First Edition
- Pages:
- 240
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