In the watches of the night [electronic resource] : life in the nocturnal city, 1820-1930 / Peter C. Baldwin.
2012
HT123 .B245 2012eb
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In the watches of the night [electronic resource] : life in the nocturnal city, 1820-1930 / Peter C. Baldwin.
Author
Baldwin, Peter C., 1962-
ISBN
9780226036038 (electronic bk.)
9780226036021
0226036022
9780226036021
0226036022
Publication Details
Chicago ; London : University of Chicago Press, 2012.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (284 p.) : ill.
Call Number
HT123 .B245 2012eb
Dewey Decimal Classification
306.760973/09034
Summary
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's evocative book depicts the changing experience of the urban night over this period, visiting a host of actors, scavengers, newsboys, and mashers alike in the nocturnal city. Baldwin examines work, crime, transportation, and leisure as he moves through the gaslight era.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Series
Historical studies of urban America
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Table of Contents
Making night hideous
Lighting the heart of darkness
Quitting time
Recreations and dissipations
After midnight
Nightmen
Incessance
Mashers, owl cars, and night hawks
Night life in the electric city
Regulated night.
Lighting the heart of darkness
Quitting time
Recreations and dissipations
After midnight
Nightmen
Incessance
Mashers, owl cars, and night hawks
Night life in the electric city
Regulated night.