The republic of color science, perception, and the making of modern America / Michael Rossi.

Author/creator Rossi, Michael
Format Electronic
Publication InfoChicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 2019.
Description313 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
Supplemental ContentFull text available from eBooks on EBSCOhost
Subjects
Color vision--Research. --United States. --History. --19th century.
Color vision--Research. --United States. --History. --20th century.
Color--Research. --United States. --History.
Science--Social aspects. --United States.
United States--Civilization. --1865-1918.

Contents Introduction : Cloven tongues of fire -- Modern chromatics : Ogden Rood and the wrong-workings of the eye -- From chemistry to phanerochemistry : Charles Sanders Peirce and the semiotic of color -- Pathologies of perception : Benjamin Joy Jeffries and the invention of color blindness -- Colors and cultures : evolution, biology, and society -- The pragmatic physiology of color vision : Christine Ladd-Franklin and the "evolutionary theory" of color -- Small lies for big truths : standards, values, and color terms -- The logical and the genetic : bodies, work, and formal color notations -- Conclusion : Talking about color.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Access restrictionAvailable only to authorized users.
Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2019008626
ISBN9780226651729 (cloth : alk. paper)

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