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Author:   Witold Kula ,  R. Szreter
Publisher:   Princeton University Press
Imprint:   Princeton University Press
Volume:   3270
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.20cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.709kg
ISBN:  

9780691639079

ISBN 10:   0691639078
Pages:   398
Publication Date:   19 April 2016
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Language:   English

Table of Contents

"*FrontMatter, pg. i*Contents, pg. v*Translator's Note, pg. vii*Glossary, pg. ix*1. The Representational and Functional Character of Past Measures, pg. 3*2. Realistic and Symbolic Conceptions of Measures and Measuring, pg. 9*3. Beliefs Associated with Measures and Measuring, pg. 13*4. Measures as an Attribute of Authority, pg. 18*5. Man as the Measure of All Things (Anthropometric Measures), pg. 24*6. How was Land Measured? (Agrarian Measures, pg. 29*7. How was Grain Measured?, pg. 43*8. How was Bread Measured?, pg. 71*9. Standards and the Guarantees of their Immutability, pg. 79*10. Systems of Division and Grouping (Mnemotechnics), pg. 82*11. The Magnitude of the Measure and the Value of the Substance Measured, pg. 87*12. The History of Historical Metrology, pg. 90*13. Historical Metrology as a Branch of the Study of History, pg. 94*14. The Functions of Measures in the Pre-capitalist Commodity and Credit Markets, pg. 102*15. The Inertia of Measures and their Variability, pg. 111*16. The Tendencies towards Standardization, pg. 114*17. Social Conditions and the Emergence of Conventional Measures, pg. 120*18. Class Struggle in the Polish Countryside from the Sixteenth to the Eighteenth Century, pg. 127*19. The Struggle of the Nobility with the Bourgeoisie in the Urban Market, pg. 147*20. The History of the Standardization of Measures in Poland from the Sixteenth to the Twentieth Century (Summary), pg. 156*21. Attempts to Standardize Measures in France from 789 to 1789 and their Failure, pg. 161*22. ""One King, One Law, One Weight, One Measure!"", pg. 185*23. ""One of the Blessings of the Revolution"", pg. 228*24. ""For All People, for All Time!"", pg. 267*Notes, pg. 289*Bibliography, pg. 339*Index, pg. 375"

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