Shaping the day [electronic resource] : a history of timekeeping in England and Wales 1300-1800 / Paul Glennie and Nigel Thrift.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009.Description: xiv, 456 p. : ill., maps, plansSubject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 389/.1709 22
  • 529.70942
LOC classification:
  • QB213 .G54 2009eb
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Contents:
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.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [419]-449) and index.

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.

Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.

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