Postcards of the Night: Views of American Cities

Early 20th century postcard art offers a number of lessons about the transformation of American urban geography and representations of place, says Jakle (geography, U. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign). He includes reproductions of some 80 postcards depicting urban night scenes from 1900 to the 1970s (primarily from the first four decades) in his reflections about the transformation of the city nightscape, discussing the impacts of technological, economic, and social change. Annotation ©2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR