In the watches of the night : life in the nocturnal city, 1820-1930 / Peter C. Baldwin.

Main entry:

Baldwin, Peter C., 1962-

Title & Author:

In the watches of the night : life in the nocturnal city, 1820-1930 / Peter C. Baldwin.

Publication:

Description:

284 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Series:

Historical studies of urban America

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-273) and index.
Making night hideous -- Lighting the heart of darkness -- Quitting time -- Recreations and dissipations -- After midnight -- Nightmen -- Incessance -- Mashers, owl cars, and night hawks -- Night life in the electric city -- Regulated night.

Summary:

"Baldwin examines work, crime, transportation, and leisure as he moves through the gaslight era, exploring the spread of modern police forces and the emergence of late-night entertainment, to the era of electricity, when social campaigns sought to remove women and children from public areas at night. While many people celebrated the transition from darkness to light as the arrival of twenty-four hours of daytime, Baldwin shows that certain social patterns remained, including the danger of street crime and the skewed gender profile of night work. Sweeping us from concert halls and brothels to streetcars and industrial forges, In the Watches of the Night is an illuminating study of a vital era in American urban history."--From publisher description.

Resources:
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ISBN:

9780226036021 (cloth ; alk. paper)
0226036022 (cloth ; alk. paper)

Subject:

Nightlife United States History.
Night work United States History.
Municipal lighting United States History.
Cities and towns United States History 19th century.
Vie nocturne États-Unis Histoire.
Éclairage public États-Unis Histoire.
Villes États-Unis Histoire 19e siècle.
Städer historia Förenta staterna 1800-talet 1900-talet2 sao.
Cities and towns.
Municipal lighting.
Night work.
Nightlife.
Beleuchtung
Kunst
Nacht
Nachtarbeit
Nachtleben
Sozialer Wandel
Stadt
Nattliv historia Förenta staterna 1800-talet 1900-talet.
Nattarbete historia Förenta staterna 1800-talet 1900-talet.
United States.
USA

Form/genre:

History.

Added entries:

Historical studies of urban America.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 278290
Call No.: BIB 213855
Status: Available

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