The Victorian eye [[electronic resource] ] : a political history of light and vision in Britain, 1800-1910 / / Chris Otter |
Autore | Otter Chris (Christopher James) |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, 2008 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (393 p.) |
Disciplina | 303.48/3 |
Soggetto topico |
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 |
Soggetto non controllato | light, vision, england, britain, victorian, gaslight, electricity, government, surveillance, power, control, illumination, perception, technology, lighting, urban design, administration, transportation, reading, freedom, liberty, liberation, liberalism, visual culture, urbanization, optical engineering, inspection, space, architecture, housing, class, gender, networks, photometry, gasworks, history, nonfiction, science |
ISBN |
1-281-96612-6
9786611966126 0-226-64078-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- 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 |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910782455803321 |
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The Victorian eye : a political history of light and vision in Britain, 1800-1910 / / Chris Otter |
Autore | Otter Chris (Christopher James) |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, 2008 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (393 p.) |
Disciplina | 303.48/3 |
Soggetto topico |
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 |
Soggetto non controllato | light, vision, england, britain, victorian, gaslight, electricity, government, surveillance, power, control, illumination, perception, technology, lighting, urban design, administration, transportation, reading, freedom, liberty, liberation, liberalism, visual culture, urbanization, optical engineering, inspection, space, architecture, housing, class, gender, networks, photometry, gasworks, history, nonfiction, science |
ISBN |
1-281-96612-6
9786611966126 0-226-64078-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- 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 |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910822061503321 |
Otter Chris (Christopher James)
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Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, 2008 | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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