Title American illuminations : urban lighting, 1800-1920 / David E. Nye.

Imprint

Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2018]

Location	Call Number	Status
Monograph Collection	TD195.L52 N94 2018	AVAILABLE

Description	x, 280 pages: illustrations ; 24 cm
Content	text txt
Media	unmediated n
Carrier	volume nc
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents	Illuminations -- Energy transitions -- The United States and Europe -- Moonlight towers -- Spectacles and expositions -- Commercial landscape -- City beautiful -- Light as a political spectacle -- Mutliple blindings.
Subject(s)	Street lighting -- Social aspects -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
	Street lighting -- Social aspects -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
	City and town life -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
	City and town life -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
ISBN/ISSN	40027879549