{"product_id":"spectacles-and-the-victorians-measuring-defining-and-shaping-visual-capacity-9781526161352","title":"Spectacles and the Victorians: Measuring,","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is the first full-length study of spectacles in the Victorian period. It examines how the Victorians shaped our understanding of functional visual capacity and the concept of 20:20 vision. Demonstrating how this unique assistive device can connect the histories of medicine, technology and disability, it charts how technology has influenced our understanding of sensory perception, both through the diagnostic methods used to measure visual impairment and the utility of spectacles to ameliorate its effects. Taking a material culture approach, the book assesses how the design of spectacles thwarted ophthalmologists’ attempts to medicalise their distribution and use, as well as creating a mainstream marketable device on the high street.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroducing Victorian spectacle wear \u003cbr\u003e1 Early Victorian understandings of vision and spectacles, 1830–50 \u003cbr\u003e2 The ‘normal eye’ as seen through technology: a quest for medical control, 1850–1904 \u003cbr\u003e3 Challenging (ab)normalcy: expansion in manufacture, design, and access, 1851–1904 \u003cbr\u003e4 The limits of professionalism: medical practitioners, opticians and popular responses to sight loss, 1880–1904 \u003cbr\u003e5 Fashioning the eye and seeing, 1830–1904 \u003cbr\u003eConclusion \u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Manchester University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51041026408791,"sku":"9781526161352","price":76.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781526161352.jpg?v=1750948654","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/spectacles-and-the-victorians-measuring-defining-and-shaping-visual-capacity-9781526161352","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}