Shaping the day : a history of timekeeping in England and Wales, 1300-1800
Paul Glennie
Bok · Engelsk · 2009
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| Utgitt | Oxford : : Oxford University Press, , 2009.
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| Omfang | XIV, 456 s.
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| Opplysninger | Formerly CIP.. - 1. Introduction: The Measured Heart ; 2. Clocks, Clock-times, and Social Change ; 3. "Not Everyone Occupies the Same Now": Reconceptualising Clock Times ; 4. Clock-times in Medieval and Early Modern Bristol ; 5. Temporal Infrasturcture: The Provision of Clock-Time in England ; 6. Clock-times in Everyday Lives ; 7. Precision in Everyday Lives ; 8. "Posted Within Shot of the Grave": Temporal Practices Among Seafarers ; 9. The Pursuit of Precision ; 10. "Clocks from Nowhere"? John Harrison in Context ; 11. Some Concluding Remarks ; Bibliography ; Index. - Timekeeping is an essential activity in the modern world, and we take it for granted that our lives are shaped by the hours of the day. This book is a study of the practice of timekeeping in England and Wales between 1300 and 1800 and how it was brought about by centuries of technical innovation and circulation of ideas about time. The authors illustrate how a particular kind of common sense about time came into being, and how it developed during this period. The study cites famous figures like John Harrison, who solved the problem of longitude, and less familiar characters like sailors, gamblers, and burglars. Overturning many common perceptions of the past — for example, that clock time and the industrial revolution were intimately related — this historical study is interested in how ‘telling the time’ has come to dominate our way of life.
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| Emner | Time measurements - History.
Time - Social aspects - History. - England Time - Social aspects - History. - Wales Time - Sociological aspects. Vis mer... tid historie sosiologi horologi
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| ISBN | 0199605122 (pbk.) : : £24.95. - 9780199605125
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