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

How Americans adapted European royal illuminations for patriotic celebrations, spectacular expositions, and intensely bright commercial lighting to create the world's most dazzling and glamorous cities. Illuminated ftes and civic celebrations began in Renaissance Italy and spread through the co...

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Main Author: Nye, David E., 1946- (Author)
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Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2018]
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