Otter, Chris <br/><br/>
The Victorian eye :  a political history of light and vision in Britain, 1800-1910 / 
Chris Otter. 
 - x, 382 pages :  illustrations ;  24 cm 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (pages 339-363) and index. 
<br/><br/>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 -- Patterns of perception. 
<br/><br/> 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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0226640760 9780226640761 0226640779 9780226640778 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2007043184 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Lighting--History--Great Britain--19th century.<br/>Lighting--History--Great Britain--20th century.<br/>Lighting--Social aspects--History.--Great Britain<br/>Lighting--Political aspects--History.--Great Britain<br/>Optical engineering--History--Great Britain--19th century.<br/>Visual perception.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Great Britain--Social life and customs--19th century
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>TH7703  / .O88 2008 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>303.483