{"product_id":"9781861890153","title":"Nights in the Big City: Paris, Berlin, London, 1840-1930 (Topographics Series)","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis elegantly written book describes the changes in the perception and experience of the night in three great European cities: Paris, Berlin and London. The lighting up of the European city by gas and electricity in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries brought about a new relationship with the night, in respect of both work and pleasure. \u003ci\u003eNights in the Big City\u003c\/i\u003e explores this new awareness of the city in all its ramifications.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJoachim Schlör has spent his days sifting through countless police and church archives, and first-hand accounts, and his nights exploring the highways and byways of these three great capitals. Illustrated with haunting and evocative photographs by, among others, Brandt and Kertész, and filled with contemporary literary references, \u003ci\u003eNights in the Big City\u003c\/i\u003e has already been acclaimed in the German press as a milestone in the cultural history of the city.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"[Schlör] is erudite, and his literary style is alluring.\"—\u003ci\u003eArchitect's Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Reaktion Books, Limited","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47059051348208,"sku":"9781861890153","price":26.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781861890153_p0.jpg?v=1763600782","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781861890153","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}