Victorian Eye A Political History of Light and Vision in Britain, 1800-1910

Name: Victorian Eye A Political History of Light and Vision in Britain, 1800-1910
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ISBN: 9780226640778

ISBN-10: 0226640779

ISBN-13: 9780226640778

Edition: 2008

Authors: Chris Otter

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During the nineteenth century, Britain became the first gaslit society, with electric lighting arriving in 1878. At the same time, the British government significantly expanded its power to observe and monitor its subjects. How did such enormous changes in the way people saw and were seen affect Victorian culture? To answer that question, Chris Otter mounts an ambitious history of illumination and vision in Britain, drawing on extensive research into everything from the science of perception and lighting technologies to urban design and government administration. He explores how light facilitated such practices as safe transportation and private reading, as well as institutional efforts to…

Book details

List price: $27.50
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication date: 11/1/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 392
Size: 6.00" wide x 8.75" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.188
Language: English



Illustrations


Acknowledgments


Introduction: Light, Vision, and Power



The Victorian Eye: The Physiology, Sociology, and Spatiality of Vision, 1800-1900



Oligoptic Engineering: Light and the Victorian City



The Age of Inspectability: Vision, Space, and the Victorian City



The Government of Light: Gasworks, Gaslight, and Photometry



Technologies of Illumination, 1870-1910



Securing Perception: Assembling Electricity Networks


Conclusion: Patterns of Perception


Notes


Bibliography


Index