Shaping the day [[electronic resource] ] : a history of timekeeping in England and Wales 1300-1800 / / Paul Glennie and Nigel Thrift
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Glennie Paul
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| Titolo: |
Shaping the day [[electronic resource] ] : a history of timekeeping in England and Wales 1300-1800 / / Paul Glennie and Nigel Thrift
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| Pubblicazione: | Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2009 |
| Descrizione fisica: | xiv, 456 p. : ill., maps, plans |
| Disciplina: | 389/.1709 |
| 529.70942 | |
| Soggetto topico: | Time measurements - History |
| Clocks and watches - England - History | |
| Time | |
| Altri autori: |
ThriftN. J
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| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [419]-449) and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Introduction : the measured heart -- Clocks, clock times, and social change -- 'Not everyone occupies the same now' : reconceptualizing clock time -- Clock times in medieval and early modern Bristol -- The provision of clock time in pre-modern England -- Clock times in everyday lives -- Precision in everyday lives -- 'Posted within shot of the grave' : seafaring times -- The pursuit of precision -- Clocks from nowhere? : John Harrison in context -- Some concluding remarks. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Shaping the day |
| ISBN: | 0191557285 |
| 9780191557286 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910795854003321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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