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 American Illuminations
Urban Lighting, 1800–1920

David E. Nye
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Names: Nye, David E., 1946- author.

Title: American illuminations : urban lighting, 1800-1920 / David E. Nye.
Description: Cambridge, MA : The MIT Press, 2018. | Includes bibliographical
references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2017022787 | ISBN 9780262037419 (hardcover : alk. paper)
Subjects: LCSH: 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.
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 Overabundance of light produces multiple blindings.
—Walter Benjamin
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