Disenchanted Night

Disenchanted Night
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Publisher : Univ of California Press
Total Pages : 270
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ISBN-10 : 0520203542
ISBN-13 : 9780520203549
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Book Synopsis Disenchanted Night by : Wolfgang Schivelbusch

Download or read book Disenchanted Night written by Wolfgang Schivelbusch and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1995-12-20 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wolfgang Schivelbusch tells the story of the development of artificial light in the nineteenth century. Not simply a history of a technology, Disenchanted Night reveals the ways that the technology of artificial illumination helped forge modern consciousness. In his strikingly illustrated and lively narrative, Schivelbusch discusses a range of subjects including the political symbolism of streetlamps, the rise of nightlife and the shopwindow, and the importance of the salon in bourgeois culture.


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