A. Roger Ekirch

At Day's Close: Night in Times Past (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

"Remarkable.... Ekirch has emptied night's pockets, and laid the contents out before us." Arthur Krystal, The New Yorker

Bringing light to the shadows of history through a "rich weave of citation and archival evidence" (Publishers Weekly), scholar A. Roger Ekirch illuminates the aspects of life most often overlooked by other historiansthose that unfold at night. In this "triumph of social history" (Mail on Sunday), Ekirch's "enthralling anthropology" (Harper's) exposes the nightlife that spawned a distinct culture and a refuge from daily life.

Fear of crime, of fire, and of the supernatural; the importance of moonlight; the increased incidence of sickness and death at night; evening gatherings to spin wool and stories; masqued balls; inns, taverns, and brothels; the strategies of thieves, assassins, and conspirators; the protective uses of incantations, meditations, and prayers; the nature of our predecessors' sleep and dreamsEkirch reveals all these and more in his "monumental study" (The Nation) of sociocultural history, "maintaining throughout an infectious sense of wonder" (Booklist).

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: W. W. Norton & Company
• Seitenzahl: 480
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. März 2012
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780393344585
• Artikelnr.: 59590923

Autorenporträt

A. Roger Ekirch is a professor of history at Virginia Tech and the award-winning author of At Day's Close, Birthright, and American Sanctuary. He lives in Roanoke, Virginia.