Nights in the Big City: Paris, Berlin, London 1840-1930

by Joachim Schlör

Book Overview

This elegantly written book describes the changes in the perception and experience of the night in three great European cities: Paris, Berlin and London. The lighting up of the European city by gas and electricity in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries brought about a new relationship with the night, in respect of both work and pleasure. Nights in the Big City explores this new awareness of the city in all its ramifications.

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 186189015X
• ISBN13: 9781861890153
• Release Date: July 1998
• Publisher: Reaktion Books
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 7.1" x 9.2"