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Evening's empire : a history of the night in early modern Europe / Craig Koslofsky

By: Language: English Series: New Studies in European HistoryPublication details: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2011Edition: 1st editionDescription: xvi, 431 páginas : ilustraciones ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780521896436 (hardback)
  • 0521896436 (hardback)
  • 9780521721066 (pbk.)
  • 0521721067 (pbk.)
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • GT3408 .K67 2011
Other classification:
  • 304.237094 | K86e
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Contents:
1. An early modern revolution -- 2. Darkness and the devil, 1450-1650 -- 3. Seeking the Lord in the night, 1530-1650 -- 4. Princes of darkness: the night at court, 1600-1750 -- 5. "An entirely new contrivance": the rise of street lighting, 1660-1700 -- 6. Colonizing the urban night: resistance, gender and the public sphere -- 7. Colonizing the rural night? -- 8. Darkness and enlightenment -- 9. Conclusion.
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1. An early modern revolution -- 2. Darkness and the devil, 1450-1650 -- 3. Seeking the Lord in the night, 1530-1650 -- 4. Princes of darkness: the night at court, 1600-1750 -- 5. "An entirely new contrivance": the rise of street lighting, 1660-1700 -- 6. Colonizing the urban night: resistance, gender and the public sphere -- 7. Colonizing the rural night? -- 8. Darkness and enlightenment -- 9. Conclusion.

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