TY - BOOK AU - Baldwin, Peter C TI - In the watches of the night : life in the nocturnal city, 1820-1930 SN - 9780226036021 (cloth : alk. paper) U1 - 307.76 BAL PY - 2012/// CY - Chicago ; London PB - University of Chicago Press KW - Nightlife - United States - History KW - Cities and towns - United States - History - 19th century KW - Municipal lighting - United States - History KW - Night work - United States - History N1 -

Includes bibliographical references (p. [211]-273) and index.

; Making night hideous -- Lighting the heart of darkness -- Quitting time -- Recreations and dissipations -- After midnight -- Nightmen -- Incessance -- Mashers, owl cars, and night hawks -- Night life in the electric city -- Regulated night ER -