The Global Transformation of Time
1870–1950
Nonfiction, Science & Nature, Science, Physics, Time, History, World History, Social & Cultural Studies, Political Science
| Author: | Vanessa Ogle | ISBN: | 9780674737020 |
| Publisher: | Harvard University Press | Publication: | October 12, 2015 |
| Imprint: | Harvard University Press | Language: | English |
| Author: | Vanessa Ogle |
| ISBN: | 9780674737020 |
| Publisher: | Harvard University Press |
| Publication: | October 12, 2015 |
| Imprint: | Harvard University Press |
| Language: | English |
As railways, steamships, and telegraph communications brought distant places into unprecedented proximity, previously minor discrepancies in local time-telling became a global problem. Vanessa Ogle’s chronicle of the struggle to standardize clock times and calendars from 1870 to 1950 highlights the many hurdles that proponents of uniformity faced.
As railways, steamships, and telegraph communications brought distant places into unprecedented proximity, previously minor discrepancies in local time-telling became a global problem. Vanessa Ogle’s chronicle of the struggle to standardize clock times and calendars from 1870 to 1950 highlights the many hurdles that proponents of uniformity faced.
