American illuminations : urban lighting, 1800-1920 /

How Americans adapted European royal illuminations for patriotic celebrations, spectacular expositions, and intensely bright commercial lighting to create the world's most dazzling and glamorous cities.Illuminated ftes and civic celebrations began in Renaissance Italy and spread through the cou...

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Main Author:	Nye, David E., 1946- (Author)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2018]
Subjects:	Street lighting > Social aspects > United States > History > 19th century. Street lighting > Social aspects > United States > History > 20th century. City and town life > United States > History > 19th century. City and town life > United States > History > 20th century. HISTORY / United States / 19th Century TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / History SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY & SOCIETY/History of Technology URBANISM/General SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY & SOCIETY/General Electronic books.
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