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American Illuminations : Urban Lighting, 1800-1920.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: The MIT Press SeriesPublisher: Cambridge : MIT Press, 2018Copyright date: ©2018Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (291 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780262344784
Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: American IlluminationsDDC classification:
  • 628.950973
LOC classification:
  • TD195.L52 .N94 2018
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 Illuminations -- 2 Energy Transitions -- 3 The United States and Europe -- 4 Moonlight Towers -- 5 Spectacles and Expositions -- 6 Commercial Landscape -- 7 City Beautiful -- 8 Light as Political Spectacle -- 9 Multiple Blindings -- Notes -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index.
Summary: 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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Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 Illuminations -- 2 Energy Transitions -- 3 The United States and Europe -- 4 Moonlight Towers -- 5 Spectacles and Expositions -- 6 Commercial Landscape -- 7 City Beautiful -- 8 Light as Political Spectacle -- 9 Multiple Blindings -- Notes -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index.

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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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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