Shaping the day : a history of timekeeping in England and Wales 1300-1800 /

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. - ;Timekeeping is an essent...

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Main Author: Glennie, Paul
Other Authors: Thrift, N. J.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009.
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Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central