Life in the Nocturnal City, 1820-1930
by
Peter C. Baldwin
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2011
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...