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At Day's Close: Night in Times Past

At Day's Close: Night in Times Past

by A. Roger Ekirch (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
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Customers find the book fascinating and well-researched, with one review noting it provides a wealth of information about all aspects of night life. They describe it as an absolute delight with lots of fun facts, and one customer highlights its detailed explanation of second sleep. The book receives mixed feedback regarding its narrative, with some finding the anecdotes engaging while others find it repetitious.

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"Remarkable.… Ekirch has emptied night's pockets, and laid the contents out before us." —Arthur Krystal, The New YorkerBringing 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 historians—those 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 dreams—Ekirch reveals all these and more in his "monumental study" (The Nation) of sociocultural history, "maintaining throughout an infectious sense of wonder" (Booklist). Read more

Product Information

ASINB007HXFT2C
PublisherW. W. Norton & Company
AccessibilityLearn more
Publication dateOctober 17, 2006
LanguageEnglish
File size28.5 MB
Screen ReaderSupported
Enhanced typesettingEnabled
X-RayNot Enabled
Word WiseEnabled
Print length481 pages
ISBN-13978-0393344585
Page FlipEnabled
Best Sellers Rank#299,334 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store) #117 in History of Anthropology #178 in Cultural Anthropology (Kindle Store) #205 in Cultural Anthropology (Books)
Customer Reviews4.3 4.3 out of 5 stars 618 ratings

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