One time fits all
Subtitle: the campaigns for global uniformity
By: Ian R. Bartky.
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Stanford, Calif
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780804756426
Subjects: Time -- Systems and standards
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Creating a date line; title: What a difference a day makes; title: Campaigning for uniform time; title: Choosing an initial meridian; title: Enter two innovators; title: Ventilating the issues; title: North America and Rome; title: Washington and London and beyond; title: Altering the astronomical day; title: Partitioning the world's time; title: The French take the lead; title: Employing clock time as a social instrument; title: Advancing sunset, saving daylight; title: Changing time, gaining daylight.