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Disenchanted Night: The Industrialization of Light in the Nineteenth Century
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| Management number | 233381177 | Release Date | 2026/06/27 | List Price | US$9.67 | Model Number | 233381177 | ||
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Wolfgang Schivelbusch tells the story of the development of artificial light in the nineteenth century. Not simply a history of a technology, Disenchanted Night revelas the ways that the technology of artificial illumination helped forge modern consciousness. In his strikingly illustrated and lively narrative, Schivelbusch discusses a range of subject including the political symbolism of streetlamps, the rise of nightlife and the shopwindow, and the importance of the salon in bourgeois culture. Read more
| ISBN10 | 0520203542 |
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| ISBN13 | 978-0520203549 |
| Edition | First Edition |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | University of California Press |
| Dimensions | 5.38 x 0.6 x 8.5 inches |
| Item Weight | 9.6 ounces |
| Print length | 238 pages |
| Publication date | December 20, 1995 |
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