History of the hour : Clocks and modern temporal orders

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 time...

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Autor Principal: Dohrn van Rossum, Gerhard
Formato: Libro
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Publicado: Chicago University of Chicago Press 1996
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Tóm tắt: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 time...