History of the Hour: Clocks and Modern Temporal Orders
Author:   Gerhard Dohrn-Van Rossu ,  Thomas Dunlap
Publisher:   The University of Chicago Press
Edition:   New edition
ISBN:  

9780226155111


Pages:   468
Publication Date:   08 May 1998
Format:   Paperback
Availability:   Out of stock   Availability explained


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This study of the organization of time offers insight into the history of the mechanical clock and its influence on European society from the late-Middle Ages to the industrial revolution. Detailing the clock's effects on social acitivity, it presents a picture of a society regulated by the precise measurement of identical hours.

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Author:   Gerhard Dohrn-Van Rossu ,  Thomas Dunlap
Publisher:   The University of Chicago Press
Imprint:   University of Chicago Press
Edition:   New edition
Dimensions:   Width: 14.90cm , Height: 2.90cm , Length: 22.60cm
Weight:   0.620kg
ISBN:  

9780226155111


ISBN 10:   0226155110
Pages:   468
Publication Date:   08 May 1998
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   Out of stock   Availability explained

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