{"product_id":"at-days-close-night-in-times-past-0393329011-used","title":"At Day's Close: Night in Times Past","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0393329011\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Ekirch, A. Roger\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e Used\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"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).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mia Karts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52338522030368,"sku":"USED0393329011","price":11.51,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0980\/7426\/3840\/files\/613GMSsXFfL_e6dd3643-38ba-4f35-8104-a97fb3725361.jpg?v=1789098914","url":"https:\/\/miakarts.com\/products\/at-days-close-night-in-times-past-0393329011-used","provider":"Miakarts Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}