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
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
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 339-363) and index
