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OverviewWolfgang 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 subject including the political symbolism of street lamps, the rise of night-life and the shop-window, and the importance of the salon in bourgeois culture. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Wolfgang Schivelbusch , Angela DaviesPublisher: University of California Press Imprint: University of California Press Dimensions: Width: 13.60cm , Height: 1.20cm , Length: 21.60cm Weight: 0.049kg ISBN: 9780520203549ISBN 10: 0520203542 Pages: 227 Publication Date: 20 December 1995 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order  Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of ContentsReviewsA readable, highly personal, often original, and deliberately provocative attempt to integrate the story of artifical light with the history of modern life. --Neil Harris, Science Author InformationWolfgang Schivelbusch is a freelance writer who works in Berlin and New York. His prize-winning work The Railway Journey: The Industrialization of Time and Space in the Nineteenth Century is also available from University of California Press. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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