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Author Baldwin, Peter C., 1962-

Title In the Watches of the Night : Life in the Nocturnal City, 1820-1930.

Publication Info. Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2011.

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Description 1 online resource (293 pages).
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Series Historical studies of urban America
Historical studies of urban America.
Contents 1. Making Night Hideous; 2. Lighting the Heart of Darkness; 3. Quitting Time; 4. Recreations and Dissipations; 5. After Midnight; 6. Nightmen; 7. Incessance; 8. Mashers, Owl Cars, and Night Hawks; 9. Night Life in the Electric City; 10. Regulated Night; Acknowledgments; List of Abbreviations; Notes; Index.
Summary 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 & rsquo;s evocative book depicts the changing experience of the urban night over this period, visiting a host of actors & mdash;scavengers, newsboys, and mashers alike & mdash;in the nocturnal city. Baldwin examines work, crime, transportation, and leisure as he moves through the gaslight era, exploring the s.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Subject Cities and towns -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
Cities and towns.
United States.
History.
Chronological Term 19th century
Subject Municipal lighting -- United States -- History.
Municipal lighting.
Night work -- United States -- History.
Night work.
Nightlife -- United States -- History.
Nightlife.
Chronological Term 1800-1899
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Other Form: Print version: Baldwin, Peter C. In the Watches of the Night : Life in the Nocturnal City, 1820-1930. Chicago : University of Chicago Press, ©2011 9780226036021
ISBN 9780226036038
0226036030
9786613344779
661334477X
1283344777
9781283344777
9780226036021 (cloth alkaline paper)
0226036022 (cloth alkaline paper)
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