Nights in the Big City Paris, Berlin, London 1840-1930 - Second Edition
Fr. 23.90
inkl. gesetzl. MwSt.Beschreibung
Produktdetails
Format
ePUB
Kopierschutz
Ja
Family Sharing
Ja
Text-to-Speech
Ja
Erscheinungsdatum
15.04.2016
Verlag
Reaktion BooksSeitenzahl
352 (Printausgabe)
Dateigröße
15837 KB
Sprache
Englisch
EAN
9781780236193
This elegantly written book describes the evolving perception and experience of the night in three great European cities: Paris, Berlin, and London. As Joachim Schlor shows, the lighting up of the European city by gas and electricity in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries brought about a new relationship with the night for both those who toiled at work and those who caroused in restaurants, pubs, and cafes. Nights in the Big City explores this change and offers a stirring portrait of the secrets and mysteries a city can hold when the sun goes down.Sifting through countless police and church archives alongside first-hand accounts, Schlr sets out on his own explorations with a head full of histories, exploring the boulevards and side-streets of these three great capitals. Illustrated with haunting and evocative photographs by, among others, Bill Brandt and Andr Kertsz, and filled with contemporary literary references, Nights in the Big City is a milestone in the cultural history of the city.
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