Schivelbusch, Wolfgang, 1941-2023, author

Disenchanted night : the industrialization of light in the nineteenth century / Wolfgang Schivelbusch ; translated from the German by Angela Davies.

First paperback edition

Berkeley, CA ; London, UK : University of California Press, 1995.
©1988

227 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

"Wolfgang Schivelbusch tells the story of the development of artificial light in the nineteenth century. Not simply a history of a technology, Disenchanted Night reveals the ways that the technology of artificial illumination helped forge modern consciousness. In his strikingly illustrated and lively narrative, Schivelbusch discusses a range of subjects including the political symbolism of streetlamps, the rise of nightlife and the shopwindow, and the importance of the salon in bourgeois culture" -- Book cover

0520203542 (paperback)
9780520203549 (paperback)

Lighting Social aspects.
Street lighting History 19th century.
Industrialization History 19th century.
Lamps History 19th century.
Éclairage Aspect social.
Industrialisation Histoire 19e siècle.
Lampes Histoire 19e siècle.
Lampadaires (Éclairage public) Histoire 19e siècle.
Industrialization
Lamps
Street lighting
Lightning Social aspects.
Cities and towns Lighting History.
Lamps History.

History

Davies, Angela, translator.

Industrialization of light in the nineteenth century

Localisation: Bibliothèque main 236119
Cote: BIB 165959
Statut: Disponible