American illuminations : urban lighting, 1800-1920 / David E. Nye.
By: Nye, David E [author.]
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Contributor(s): IEEE Xplore (Online Service) [distributor.] | MIT Press [publisher.].
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BookPublisher: Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2018]Distributor: [Piscataqay, New Jersey] : IEEE Xplore, [2019]Description: 1 PDF (x, 280 pages).Content type: text Media type: electronic Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780262344784.Subject(s): 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 | City and town life | United StatesGenre/Form: History. | Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: American illuminations.DDC classification: 388.3/12 Online resources: Abstract with links to resource Also available in print.Includes bibliographical references and index.
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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