Nights in the Big City: Paris, Berlin, London 1840-1930 - Rilegato

Schlör, Joachim

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ISBN 10: 1780235860 ISBN 13: 9781780235868

Casa editrice: Reaktion Books, 2016

Riassunto

This elegantly written book describes the evolving perception and experience of the night in three great European cities: Paris, Berlin, and London. As Joachim Schlör shows, the lighting up of the European city by gas and electricity in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries brought about a new relationship with the night for both those who toiled at work and those who caroused in restaurants, pubs, and cafes. Nights in the Big City explores this change and offers a stirring portrait of the secrets and mysteries a city can hold when the sun goes down.

Sifting through countless police and church archives alongside first-hand accounts, Schlör sets out on his own explorations with a head full of histories, exploring the boulevards and side-streets of these three great capitals. Illustrated with haunting and evocative photographs by, among others, Bill Brandt and André Kertész, and filled with contemporary literary references, Nights in the Big City is a milestone in the cultural history of the city. 

Su questo libro

L'autore:

Joachim Schlör is a cultural historian at the University of Southampton. He is the author of Tel Aviv, also published by Reaktion Books. 

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Reaktion Books
• Data di pubblicazione: 2016
• ISBN 10: 1780235860
• ISBN 13: 9781780235868
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero edizione: 2
• Numero di pagine: 398