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Old 06-15-2007, 06:36 AM   #863
Griff
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Originally Posted by Urbane Guerrilla View Post
Thought the South already had -- with Jimmy Carter.
It really is weird how the South rose as a centralizing big government force with Johnson, Carter, Clinton, and Bush after fighting against that so hard. I guess their philosophy was beaten out of them.

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Originally Posted by DanaC View Post
Joachim Schlor (don't know how to get an umlaut on here) "Nights in the Big City: Paris-Berlin-London 1840-1930"

It's a history of the effects of artificial lighting. Looks at the effects on society, different classes and how their interractions may have altered; psychological effects, such as the change in peoples' relationship to time and the day/night cycle; economic effects, etc.

Very interesting.
That does sound interesting. I wonder at what candle power does the middle class feel good about wandering a city?
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