American illuminations : urban lighting, 1800-1920

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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Nye, David E., 1946- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2018]
Subjects:
1800-1999
Street lighting > Social aspects > United States > History > 19th century.
Street lighting > Social aspects > United States > History > 20th century.
City and town life > United States > History > 19th century.
City and town life > United States > History > 20th century.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Industries > Transportation.
TRANSPORTATION > Public Transportation.
City and town life
United States
History
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Table of Contents:
  • Illuminations
  • Energy transitions
  • The United States and Europe
  • Moonlight towers
  • Spectacles and expositions
  • Commercial landscape
  • City beautiful
  • Light as a political spectacle
  • Mutliple blindings.

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