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Shaping the day : a history of timekeeping in England and Wales 1300-1800 /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Glennie, Paul
Other Authors: Thrift, N. J.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009.
Subjects:
Time measurements > History.
Clocks and watches > England > History.
Time.
Online Access:Contributor biographical information
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Table of contents only
Table of 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.