In the Watches of the Night: Life in the Nocturnal City, 1820-1930 by Peter C. Baldwin

In the Watches of the Night: Life in the Nocturnal City, 1820-1930

Peter C. Baldwin

291 pages first pub 2011 (editions)

nonfiction history informative reflective fast-paced
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Before skyscrapers and streetlights glowed at all hours, American cities fell into inky blackness with each setting of the sun. But over the course of the nineteenth and early twentieth century, new technologies began to light up streets, sidewalk...

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