American Illuminations : Urban Lighting, 1800-1920.

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.

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Main Author: Nye, David E.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge : MIT Press, 2019.
Series:MIT Press Ser.
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