Keeping Watch: A History of American Time

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Keeping Watch: A History of American Time

Michael O'Malley

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Provides a historical look at the role time has played in civilization, from the local measure ruled by nature's seasons, to an abstract standard governed by machinery which divides days and facilitates transportation, commerce, and labor management

Anno:

1990

Casa editrice:

Viking

Lingua:

english

Pagine:

384

ISBN 10:

067082934X

ISBN 13:

9780670829347

File:

PDF, 28.69 MB

IPFS:

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english, 1990

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