Shaping the day [electronic resource] : a history of timekeeping in England and Wales 1300-1800 / Paul Glennie and Nigel Thrift.

By: Glennie, PaulContributor(s): Thrift, N. J | ProQuest (Firm)Material type: TextTextPublication details: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009Description: xiv, 456 p. : ill., maps, plansSubject(s): Time measurements -- History | Clocks and watches -- England -- History | TimeGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 389/.1709 | 529.70942 LOC classification: QB213 | .G54 2009Online resources: Click to View
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.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [419]-449) and index.

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.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

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