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LEADER: 01269nam a22002778a 4500
001 2008045775
003 DLC
005 20081029142155.0
008 081029s2009 nyu b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2008045775
020 $a9780199278206
040 $aDLC$cDLC
043 $ae-uk-en
050 00 $aQB213$b.G54 2009
082 00 $a389/.1709$222
100 1 $aGlennie, Paul.
245 10 $aShaping the day :$bnew histories of clock times in England /$cPaul Glennie and Nigel Thrift.
260 $aNew York :$bOxford University Press,$c2009.
263 $a0902
300 $ap. cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aIntroduction : 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.
650 0 $aTime measurements$xHistory.
650 0 $aClocks and watches$zEngland$xHistory.
650 0 $aTime.
700 1 $aThrift, N. J.