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New York Nocturne: The City After Dark in Literature, Painting, and Photography, 1850-1950
New York Nocturne The City After Dark in Literature Painting and Photography 18501950
Author: William Chapman Sharpe
As early as the 1850s, gaslight tempted New Yorkers out into a burgeoning nightlife filled with shopping, dining, and dancing. Electricity later turned the city at night into an even more stunning spectacle of brilliantly lit streets and glittering skyscrapers. The advent of artificial lighting revolutionized the urban night, creating not only n...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780691133249
ISBN-10: 0691133247
Publication Date: 11/2/2008
Pages: 456
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Publisher: Princeton University Press
Book Type: Hardcover
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