| Description |
1 online resource (x, 382 pages) : illustrations |
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polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 339-363) and index. |
| Summary |
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 |
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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Lighting -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century.
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Lighting. |
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Great Britain. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
19th century |
| Subject |
Lighting -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century.
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| Chronological Term |
20th century |
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Lighting -- Social aspects -- Great Britain -- History.
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Lighting -- Social aspects. |
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Lighting -- Political aspects -- Great Britain -- History.
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Optical engineering -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century.
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Optical engineering. |
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Visual perception.
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Visual perception. |
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Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 19th century.
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Manners and customs. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Computer network resources.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Otter, Chris. Victorian eye. Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2008 (DLC) 2007043184 |
| ISBN |
9780226640785 (electronic book) |
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0226640787 (electronic book) |
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1281966126 |
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9781281966124 |
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9780226640761 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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0226640760 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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9780226640778 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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0226640779 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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