Paul Glennie: 1 book

Book cover of Shaping the Day

Shaping the Day

A History of Timekeeping in England and Wales 1300-1800

by Paul Glennie, Nigel Thrift
Language: English
Release Date: February 12, 2009

Timekeeping is an essential activity in the modern world, and we take it for granted that our lives are shaped by the hours of the day. Yet what seems so ordinary today is actually the extraordinary outcome of centuries of technical innovation and circulation of ideas about time. Shaping the Day is...
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