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• ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0262037416
• ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 9780262037419
• Author: David E. Nye

Illuminated fêtes and civic celebrations began in Renaissance Italy and spread through the courts of Europe. Their fireworks, torches, lamps, and special effects glorified the monarch, marked the birth of a prince, or celebrated military victory. Nineteenth-century Americans rejected such monarchial pomp and adapted spectacular lighting to their democratic, commercial culture. In American Illuminations, David Nye explains how they experimented with gas and electric light to create illuminated cityscapes far brighter and more dynamic than those of Europe, and how these illuminations became symbols of modernity and the conquest of nature.

Table of contents:

1: Illuminations

2: Energy Transitions

3: The United States and Europe

4: Moonlight Towers

5: Spectacles and Expositions

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