Nye, David E. <br/><br/>
American Illuminations :  Urban Lighting, 1800-1920. 

 - 1st ed. 
 - 1 online resource (291 pages) 
 - The MIT Press Series .
 - The MIT Press Series .
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/> 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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780262344784 
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>TD195.L52 .N94 2018 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>628.950973