Books in the Work in Global and Historical series

The night has always and almost universally represented a special ¿out of the ordinary¿ temporal zone with its own meanings, possibilities, and dangers. It is only since the modern era that the night has become increasingly ¿normalised¿. Although 24/7 industrial production is often seen as a consequence of capitalist expansion, other political and economic regimes adopted the ¿night shift¿, normalising it as part of an alternative modernity.