Clocks and Culture, 1300-1700

English

ISBN: 0393324435

EAN: 9780393324433

Category: Antiques & Collectibles / Clocks & Watches

Publisher: Norton & Company, Incorporated, W. W.

Release Date: 08/31/2003

Synopsis: How did a time-keeping device affect the growth of crafts guilds and the scientific research that led to the Industrial Revolution? Clocks and Culture is a brief history of the changes wrought by and on Europe over four hundred years due to technological advances in timekeeping and the rise of a time-aware culture. In his introduction, Anthony Grafton, Henry Putnam University Professor of History at Princeton University, puts this classic book in perspective.

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Clocks and Culture, 1300-1700

Illustrated: Yes

Format: Paperback

Height: 0.6 inches

Width: 5.4 inches

Length: 8.0 inches

Weight: 8.01 oz

Pages: 192