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, exploring the spread of modern police forces and the emergence of late-night entertainment, to the era of electricity, when social campaigns sought to remove women and children from public areas at night. While many people celebrated the transition from darkness to light as the arrival of twenty-four hours of daytime, Baldwin shows that certain social patterns remained, including the danger of street crime and the skewed gender profile of night work. Sweeping us from concert halls and brothels to streetcars and industrial forges,In the Watches of the Night is an illuminating study of a vital era in American urban history.Le informazioni nella sezione "Riassunto" possono far riferimento a edizioni diverse di questo titolo.
Peter C. Baldwin is professor of history at the University of Connecticut. He is the author ofDomesticating the Street: The Reform of Public Space in Hartford, 1850–1930.
Le informazioni nella sezione "Su questo libro" possono far riferimento a edizioni diverse di questo titolo.
Spese di spedizione:
EUR 3,76
In U.S.A.
Descrizione libro Paperback. Condizione: new. New. Fast Shipping and good customer service. Codice articolo Holz_New_022626954X
Descrizione libro Condizione: new. Codice articolo ZBM.18EBH
Descrizione libro Paperback. Condizione: new. New. Codice articolo Wizard022626954X
Descrizione libro Condizione: New. Codice articolo 23206701-n
Descrizione libro paperback. Condizione: New. Language: ENG. Codice articolo 9780226269542
Descrizione libro Condizione: new. Codice articolo FrontCover022626954X
Descrizione libro Paperback. Condizione: new. New Copy. Customer Service Guaranteed. Codice articolo think022626954X
Descrizione libro Condizione: New. Buy with confidence! Book is in new, never-used condition. Codice articolo bk022626954Xxvz189zvxnew
Descrizione libro Condizione: New. New! This book is in the same immaculate condition as when it was published. Codice articolo 353-022626954X-new
Descrizione libro PAP. Condizione: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000. Codice articolo FW-9780226269542