Shaping the day : a history of timekeeping in England and Wales, 1300-1800
Glennie, Paul2009
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Overturning many common perceptions of the past - for example, that clock time and the industrial revolution were intimately related - this unique historical study will engage all readers interested in how 'telling the time' has come to dominate our way of life.
Main title:
Shaping the day : a history of timekeeping in England and Wales, 1300-1800 / Paul Glennie, Nigel Thrift.
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Imprint:
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2009.
Collation:
450 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:
9780199278206 (hbk)
Dewey class:
529.70942529.70942 GLE
Language:
English
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BRN:
159825
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