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Excellent historical account ... the book tells a fascinating story ... Readers of Selling the True Time are treated to a wealth of novel historical detail, which makes the book an invaluable source of material for any scholar interested in the role plyed by the nineteenth-century United States in the development of globally constituted standard time. --Enterprise & Society Bartky has added depth to a seemingly familiar story. --American Historical Review Selling the True Time is a useful addition to the works documenting the technical, social, and political aspects of timekeeping in the nineteenth century... Bartky provides an interesting perspective... Overall Selling the True Time merits addition to a collection on the elusive but fascinating topic of time. --Canadian Journal of History For those who take recognized standards, such as time, for granted, this book has much to offer in ferreting out a rather obscure history and presenting it in a dispassionate form... Bartky's account is entertaining and luxurious with detail. --Technology and Culture

Excellent historical account . . . the book tells a fascinating story . . . Readers of Selling the True Time are treated to a wealth of novel historical detail, which makes the book an invaluable source of material for any scholar interested in the role plyed by the nineteenth-century United States in the development of globally constituted standard time. -- Enterprise & Society

Excellent historical account ... the book tells a fascinating story ... Readers of Selling the True Time are treated to a wealth of novel historical detail, which makes the book an invaluable source of material for any scholar interested in the role plyed by the nineteenth-century United States in the development of globally constituted standard time. -Enterprise & Society Bartky has added depth to a seemingly familiar story. -American Historical Review Selling the True Time is a useful addition to the works documenting the technical, social, and political aspects of timekeeping in the nineteenth century... Bartky provides an interesting perspective... Overall Selling the True Time merits addition to a collection on the elusive but fascinating topic of time. -Canadian Journal of History

“ Selling the True Time is a useful addition to the works documenting the technical, social, and political aspects of timekeeping in the nineteenth century. . . . Bartky provides an interesting perspective. . . . Overall Selling the True Time merits addition to a collection on the elusive but fascinating topic of time.”— Canadian Journal of History

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Ian R. Bartky is an independent scholar who has written articles on timekeeping for such journals as Scientific American, Technology and Culture, Railroad History, and Sky and Telescope.

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