Shaping the day a history of timekeeping in England and Wales 1300-1800 /
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Oxford ; New York :
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2009.
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Inhaltsangabe:
- 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.