The Victorian eye : a political history of light and vision in Britain, 1800-1910 / Chris Otter.
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TextPublication details: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2008.Description: 1 online resource (x, 382 pages) : illustrationsContent type: - text
- computer
- online resource
- 9780226640785
- 0226640787
- 1281966126
- 9781281966124
- Lighting -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century
- Lighting -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century
- Lighting -- Social aspects -- Great Britain -- History
- Lighting -- Political aspects -- Great Britain -- History
- Optical engineering -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century
- Visual perception
- Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 19th century
- Visual Perception
- Éclairage -- Grande-Bretagne -- Histoire -- 19e siècle
- Éclairage -- Grande-Bretagne -- Histoire -- 20e siècle
- Éclairage -- Aspect social -- Grande-Bretagne -- Histoire
- Éclairage -- Aspect politique -- Grande-Bretagne -- Histoire
- Génie optique -- Grande-Bretagne -- Histoire -- 19e siècle
- Perception visuelle
- Grande-Bretagne -- Mœurs et coutumes -- 19e siècle
- visual perception
- SCIENCE -- Philosophy & Social Aspects
- TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Social Aspects
- Lighting
- Lighting -- Social aspects
- Manners and customs
- Optical engineering
- Visual perception
- Great Britain
- 1800-1999
- 303.48/3 22
- TH7703 .O88 2008eb
- HD 305
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 339-363) and index.
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During the 19th century, Britain became the first gaslit society. At the same time, the government significantly expanded its power to observe and monitor its subjects. This study examines the way people saw and were seen in this gaslit age and how this affected Victorian culture.
Contents; Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Light, Vision, and Power; 1 The Victorian Eye: The Physiology, Sociology, and Spatiality of Vision, 1800-1900; 2 Oligoptic Engineering: Light and the Victorian City; 3 The Age of Inspectability: Vision, Space, and the Victorian City; 4 The Government of Light: Gasworks, Gaslight, and Photometry; 5 Technologies of Illumination, 1870-1910; 6 Securing Perception: Assembling Electricity Networks; Conclusion: Patterns of Perception; Notes; Bibliography; Index.
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