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ISBN
9780226155111
Subject Area
Science, History
Publication Name
History of the Hour : Clocks and Modern Temporal Orders
Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Item Length
9 in
Subject
Time, World, Europe / Medieval
Publication Year
1998
Type
Textbook
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Item Height
1.1 in
Author
Gerhard Dohrn-Van Rossum
Item Weight
21.9 Oz
Item Width
6 in
Number of Pages
463 Pages

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In this sweeping study of the organization of time, Dohrn-van Rossum offers fresh 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 activity, he presents a vivid picture of a society regulated by the precise measurement of identical hours. "In tracing the evolution of time consciousness with scholarship and skill . . . Dohrn-van Rossum evokes the many ways that the small moments of life have come to be reckoned with the passage of time." Dava Sobel, "Civilization" "Dohrn-van Rossum paints a highly nuanced picture of time's conquest of modern life." Steven Lagerfeld, "Wilson Quarterly" "This book is definitive in showing the clock's pervasive influence over European society." "Virginia Quarterly Review" " A] delightful, excellently translated history." "Choice" "Dohrn-van Rossum has produced a persuasive and brilliantly documented new understanding of how modern time-consciousness arose." Owen Gingerich, "Nature""

Product Identifiers

Publisher
University of Chicago Press
ISBN-10
0226155110
ISBN-13
9780226155111
eBay Product ID (ePID)
88121

Product Key Features

Number of Pages
463 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
History of the Hour : Clocks and Modern Temporal Orders
Publication Year
1998
Subject
Time, World, Europe / Medieval
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Science, History
Author
Gerhard Dohrn-Van Rossum
Format
Trade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height
1.1 in
Item Weight
21.9 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6 in

Additional Product Features

LCCN
95-047660
Dewey Edition
20
Target Audience
Scholarly & Professional
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
529/.7/09
Lc Classification Number
Qb107.D6413 1996
Table of Content
List of Figures 1: Introduction 2: The Division of the Day and Time-Keeping in Antiquity 3: The Medieval Hours (Hora) 4: Medieval Horologia and the Development of the Wheeled Clock 5: From Prestige Object to Urban Accessory: the Diffusion of Public Clocks in the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Centuries 6: Late Medieval Clockmakers 7: Clock Time Signal, Communal Bell, and Municipal Signal Systems 8: The Ordering of Time: The Introduction of Modern Hour-Reckoning 9: Work Time and Hourly Wage 10: Coordination and Acceleration: Time-Keeping and Transportation and Communications up to the Introduction of "World Time" Conventions Abbreviations Notes Bibliography Index
Copyright Date
1998

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