Nights in the Big City

Cover -- Nights in the Big City: Paris, Berlin, London, 1840-1930 -- Imprint Page -- Contents -- Foreword Matthew Beaumont -- 1. Contradictory Reports from Night in the Big City -- 2. A Beginning: Big City Nights around 1840 -- Digression: In a New Light -- 3. Night and Security -- 4. Night and Morality -- 5. Night-walking -- 6. An End: Big City Nights around 1930 -- References -- Bibliography -- Photo Acknowledgements -- Index