Shaping the day
Subtitle: new histories of clock times in England
By: Paul Glennie and Nigel Thrift.
Contributors: Thrift, N. J.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780199278206
Subjects: Time measurements -- History.; Clocks and watches -- England -- History.; Time.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : the measured heart; title: Clocks, clock times, and social change; title: "Not everyone occupies the same now" : reconceptualizing clock time; title: Clock times in medieval and early modern bristol; title: The provision of clock time in pre-modern england; title: Clock times in everyday lives; title: Precision in everyday lives; title: "Posted within shot of the grave" : seafaring times; title: The pursuit of precision; title: Clocks from nowhere? John Harrison in context; title: Some concluding remarks.