Disenchanted Night: The Industrialization of Light in the Nineteenth Century

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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. Read more

ISBN10 0520203542
ISBN13 978-0520203549
Edition First Edition
Language English
Publisher University of California Press
Dimensions 5.38 x 0.6 x 8.5 inches
Item Weight 9.6 ounces
Print length 238 pages
Publication date December 20, 1995

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