Marking modern times : a history of clocks, watches, and other timekeepers in American life
In Marking Modern Times, Alexis McCrossen relates how the American preoccupation with time led people from across social classes to acquire watches and clocks, and expands our understanding of the ways we have standardized time and have made timekeepers serve as political, social, and cultural tools...
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| Language: | English |
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| Summary: | In Marking Modern Times, Alexis McCrossen relates how the American preoccupation with time led people from across social classes to acquire watches and clocks, and expands our understanding of the ways we have standardized time and have made timekeepers serve as political, social, and cultural tools in a society that not merely values time, but regards access to it as a natural-born right. |
| Physical Description: | xvi, 255 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [185]-246) and index. |
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Chicago :
The University of Chicago Press,
2013.
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| ISBN: | 9780226014869 (cloth : alk. paper) 022601486X (cloth : alk. paper) |
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TS543.U6 M396 2013 |
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| TS543.U6 M396 2013 | Available Place a Hold |