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Film, Video At Day's Close: Night in Times Past

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Title

  • At Day's Close: Night in Times Past

Summary

  • Historian A. Roger Ekirch discussed his book, "At Day's Close: Night in Times Past," which examines the history of nocturnal activity in society in Western Europe, from Scandinavia to the Mediterranean, before the advent of the Industrial Revolution. Ekirch describes how nighttime embodied a distinct culture, with many of its own customs and rituals. Ekirch, a professor of history at Virginia Tech, conducted much of his research on the book at the Library of Congress. Ekirch writes about night perils, official responses to nighttime such as curfews and watchmen, haunts of men and women at work and play, bedtime rituals, sleep disturbances and finally the demystification of darkness underway in cities and large towns by the mid-18th century. This lecture was sponsored by the Center for the Book and the Humanities and Social Sciences Division of the Library of Congress.

Names

  • Library of Congress
  • Library of Congress. Center for the Book, sponsoring body
  • Library of Congress. Researcher and Reference Services Division, sponsoring body

Created / Published

  • Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 2005-06-20.

Headings

  • -  Biography, History
  • -  Culture, Performing Arts
  • -  Culture, Folklife
  • -  sleep, Western Europe

Notes

  • -  Classification: History: America.
  • -  Classification: Social Sciences.
  • -  Roger Ekirch.
  • -  Recorded on 2005-06-20.
  • -  Kids, Families.
  • -  Researchers.

Medium

  • 1 online resource

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2021687708

Online Format

  • video
  • image
  • online text

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Chicago citation style:

Library Of Congress, Sponsoring Body Library Of Congress. Center For The Book, and Sponsoring Body Library Of Congress. Researcher And Reference Services Division. At Day's Close: Night in Times Past. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -06-20, 2005. Video. https://www.loc.gov/item/2021687708/.

APA citation style:

Library Of Congress, Library Of Congress. Center For The Book, S. B. & Library Of Congress. Researcher And Reference Services Division, S. B. (2005) At Day's Close: Night in Times Past. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -06-20. [Video] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2021687708/.

MLA citation style:

Library Of Congress, Sponsoring Body Library Of Congress. Center For The Book, and Sponsoring Body Library Of Congress. Researcher And Reference Services Division. At Day's Close: Night in Times Past. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -06-20, 2005. Video. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2021687708/>.