At Day's Close

Zusatztext This enlightening book ... is one of the most fascinating and rewarding literary experiences you are likely to discover this year. Informationen zum Autor Professor A. Roger Ekirch was born in 1950 in America. He teaches at Virginia Tech. On the basis of his research into the nighttime, Ekirch was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship. Klappentext A fascinating and colourful social history of the nighttime in the pre-Industrial era.A fascinating and colourful social history of the nighttime in the pre-Industrial era. Zusammenfassung A fascinating and colourful social history of the nighttime in the pre-Industrial era.

Product details

• Authors: A. Roger Ekirch, A. Roger Ekirch
• Publisher: Weidenfeld and Nicolson
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 02.03.2006
• EAN: 9780753819401
• ISBN: 978-0-7538-1940-1
• No. of pages: 480
• Dimensions: 128 mm x 195 mm x 27 mm
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Wales, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Evolution, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, NATURE / Sky Observation, natural history, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / Wales, Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700, Folklore, myths and legends, Nature and the natural world: general interest, European history: medieval period, middle ages, SCIENCE / Space Science / Astronomy