- Additional Authors
- Thrift, N. J.
- Description
- 1 online resource (xiv, 456 p.) : ill., maps, plans.
- Uniform Title
- Shaping the day (Online)
- Alternative Title
- Shaping the day (Online)
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [419]-449) and index.
- Access (note)
- Access restricted to authorized users.
- 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.
- LCCN
- 2008045775
- OCLC
- ssj0000245228
- Author
Glennie, Paul.
- Title
Shaping the day [electronic resource] : a history of timekeeping in England and Wales 1300-1800 / Paul Glennie and Nigel Thrift.
- Imprint
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009.
- Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. [419]-449) and index.
- Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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- Added Author
Thrift, N. J.