LEADER 03562nam 2200745 a 450 001 9910454449403321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-281-96612-6 010 $a9786611966126 010 $a0-226-64078-7 024 7 $a10.7208/9780226640785 035 $a(CKB)1000000000578308 035 $a(EBL)432273 035 $a(OCoLC)567944008 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000267316 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11213450 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000267316 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10333044 035 $a(PQKB)10202330 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000122021 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC432273 035 $a(DE-B1597)524977 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780226640785 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL432273 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10265915 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL196612 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000578308 100 $a20071017d2008 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe Victorian eye$b[electronic resource] $ea political history of light and vision in Britain, 1800-1910 /$fChris Otter 210 $aChicago $cUniversity of Chicago Press$d2008 215 $a1 online resource (393 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-226-64077-9 311 $a0-226-64076-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [339]-363) and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tIllustrations -- $tAcknowledgments -- $tIntroduction: Light, Vision, and Power -- $t1. The Victorian Eye: The Physiology, Sociology, and Spatiality of Vision, 1800-1900 -- $t2. Oligoptic Engineering: Light and the Victorian City -- $t3. The Age of Inspectability: Vision, Space, and the Victorian City -- $t4. The Government of Light: Gasworks, Gaslight, and Photometry -- $t5. Technologies of Illumination, 1870-1910 -- $t6. Securing Perception: Assembling Electricity Networks -- $tConclusion: Patterns of Perception -- $tNotes -- $tBibliography -- $tIndex 330 $aDuring 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 administ 606 $aLighting$zGreat Britain$xHistory$y19th century 606 $aLighting$zGreat Britain$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aLighting$xSocial aspects$zGreat Britain$xHistory 606 $aLighting$xPolitical aspects$zGreat Britain$xHistory 606 $aOptical engineering$zGreat Britain$xHistory$y19th century 606 $aVisual perception 607 $aGreat Britain$xSocial life and customs$y19th century 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aLighting$xHistory 615 0$aLighting$xHistory 615 0$aLighting$xSocial aspects$xHistory. 615 0$aLighting$xPolitical aspects$xHistory. 615 0$aOptical engineering$xHistory 615 0$aVisual perception. 676 $a303.48/3 700 $aOtter$b Chris$0941957 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910454449403321 996 $aThe Victorian eye$92125371 997 $aUNINA