{"product_id":"9781399617079-up-all-night","title":"Up All Night","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA History of Going Out\u003cbr\u003eFrom Edo Japan to 2000s LA, via the invention of the discotheque in Nazi-occupied Paris, \u003ci\u003eUp All Night\u003c\/i\u003e chases the forgotten thrills that created the modern world\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThere is a specific energy to it. Cafes and shops close their shutters. Darkness descends. 'The air begins to tingle', wrote John Dos Passos of twenties New York. 'It's tonight if you drink enough, talk enough, walk far enough, that the train of magical events will begin.'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBarely four centuries ago, music, fashion, sex, architecture, art and booze first fused to create what we now call nightlife. It happened, strangely enough, in 17th-century Japan, in a remote marshland outside the shogun's capital. This den of hedonism and iniquity became a breeding ground for new ideas - and while the venues have changed, nightlife has been at the frontier of cultural innovation ever since. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eUp All Night\u003c\/i\u003e is the story of the good times and the great ones. Who invented jazz? What did 18th century Londoners do for entertainment? Why was Detroit  the birthplace of techno? Who built Las Vegas? And what, in our increasingly online lives, are we missing when we pass up the chance of a big night out? \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJoin party historian Imogen Willetts for a guided tour of history's wildest nights out - piecing together tantalising ephemera and foggy reminiscences from shogunate Japan to noughties Hollywood, and every iconic scene in between.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Spills over with colourful anecdotes . Reading \u003ci\u003eUp All Night \u003c\/i\u003emakes you want to put it down - if only to step out into the seductive, thrilling night' \u003ci\u003eDAILY TELEGRAPH\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A sparkling cultural history . Its procession of nocturnal scenes is immersive, intoxicating and full  of surprises' MIKE JAY, author of PSYCHONAUTS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A jaunty, jam-packed history of big nights out that revels in spectacle and theatricality' EMMA WARREN, author of DANCE YOUR WAY HOME \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56585131491702,"sku":"9781399617079","price":23.48,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_37696374_cbe6c5d1-f378-48bb-91c8-059c4e410f5e.jpg?v=1762410927","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781399617079-up-all-night","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}