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The clocks are telling lies : science, society, and the construction of time /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Johnston, Scott Alan (Author)
Corporate Author: ProQuest (Firm)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Montreal ; Kingston ; London ; Chicago : McGill-Queen's University Press, [2022]
Subjects:
Time > Systems and standards > History.
Time > Social aspects > History.
Horology > History.
Time measurements > History.
Clocks and watches > History.
Clocks and watches.
Horology.
Time measurements.
Time > Social aspects.
Time > Systems and standards.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • THE CLOCKS ARE TELLING LIES
  • Title
  • Copyright
  • Contents
  • Tables and Figures
  • Acknowledgments
  • Abbreviations
  • Introduction
  • 1 Uneasy Beginnings
  • 2 Amateurs, Professionals, and Eccentrics
  • 3 The International Meridian Conference
  • 4 "The House That Jack Built": Selling Time, Constructing Modernities
  • 5 Teaching Time, Using Time
  • Conclusion
  • Appendix: Resolutions Passed by the IMC
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index