At Days Close Night in Times Past

Name: At Days Close Night in Times Past
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ISBN: 9780393329018

ISBN-10: 0393329011

ISBN-13: 9780393329018

Edition: N/A

Authors: A. Roger Ekirch, A. Ekirch

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"Remarkable.Ekirch has emptied night's pockets, and laid the contents out before us."Arthur Krystal, The New Yorker Bringing light to the shadows of history through a "rich weave of citation and archival evidence" (Publishers Weekly), scholar A. Roger Ekirch illuminates the aspects of life most often overlooked by other historiansthose that unfold at night. In this "triumph of social history" (Mail on Sunday), Ekirch's "enthralling anthropology" (Harper's) exposes the nightlife that spawned a distinct culture and a refuge from daily life. Fear of crime, of fire, and of the supernatural; the importance of moonlight; the increased incidence of sickness and death at night; evening gatherings…

Book details

List price: $18.95
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, Incorporated
Publication date: 10/17/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 480
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.30" long x 1.20" tall
Weight: 0.946
Language: English