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...