L'invention de l'éclairage public en France
De la nuit illuminée à la nuit éclairée (1697-1789)
First Edition
This book offers an unprecedented history of the beginnings of street lighting in 18th-century France. Read More
How do you explain the fact that in the collective memory, street lighting remains associated with the invention of gas and electricity, rather than with the obligation imposed on the main provincial cities to use candlelit lanterns by the edict of June 1697? Perhaps because cultural revolutions are more discreet than technical ones. Based on the archives of sixteen cities, this book offers a first mapping of the beginnings of street lighting in France and an archaeology of a vanished artifact that continued to evolve until the adoption of the reverberator. Through the study of an unusual piece of street furniture that was initially resisted, before the emergence of petitions in its favor on the eve of the revolution, the aim is to grasp the mechanisms of a slow process of appropriation over the course of the 18th century, and to show how this technical innovation transformed the landscape, economy and urban society of the modern era.
Specifications
- Publisher
- Presses Universitaires du Septentrion
- Author
- Sophie Reculin,
- Preface by
- Alain Cabantous,
- Collection
- Histoire et civilisations
- ISSN
- 12845655
- Language
- French
- Tags
- 17th century, 18th century, city, igniters, lamppost, lantern, light, night, police, street lighting
- Publisher Category
- Septentrion Catalog > History > Modern History
- Publisher Category
- Septentrion Catalog > History
- BISAC Subject Heading
- HIS000000 HISTORY > HIS013000 HISTORY / Europe / France
- Dewey (abridged)
- 900 History
- Onix Audience Codes
- 06 Professional and scholarly
- CLIL (Version 2013-2019)
- 3377 HISTOIRE > 3383 France
- Title First Published
- 23 September 2024
- Original Publication
- 2024
Paperback
- Publication Date
- 23 September 2024
- ISBN-13
- 978-2-7574-4192-3
- Extent
- Main content page count : 406
- Code
- 2286
- Dimensions
- 16 x 24 x 3 cm
- Weight
- 676 grams
- List Price
- 30.00 €
- ONIX XML
- Version 2.1, Version 3
- Product Detail
- 1
- Publication Date
- 23 September 2024
- ISBN-13
- 978-2-7574-4204-3
- Illustrations
- 37 illustrations, color/ 31 illustrations, black & white/ 20 maps/ 9 charts/ 5 diagrams
- Extent
- Main content page count : 406
- Code
- 2286P
- Technical Protection ebook
- None
- List Price
- 22.00 €
- ONIX XML
- Version 2.1, Version 3
Multi-item Pack
- Product Content
- Invention de l'éclairage public en France (Paperback)
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Invention de l'éclairage public en France (PDF) 9782757442043 - Product Detail
- 2
- Publication Date
- 23 September 2024
- ISBN-13
- 978-2-7574-4216-6
- Extent
- Main content page count : 406
- Code
- 2286L
- Dimensions
- 16 x 24 x 3 cm
- Weight
- 676 grams
- ONIX XML
- Version 2.1, Version 3