Clocks and Culture, 1300-1700 (Norton Library)

by Carlo M. Cipolla
Product Group: Book
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company (1978-02)
ISBN: 0393008665
EAN: 9780393008661
Binding/Media: Paperback - 191 pages
SKU: SM704
Condition: Good
Comments: 1978, 192 pages, 5 x 7.5, Paperback, Book is in Good Condition - Cover shows some marks/wear/use. Book is completely intact. Inside pages are in Very Good condition with no tears and with no notations (no pencil marks, no underlining, no highlighting, etc.) EXCEPT previous owner's name and sticker mark at top of first page. Fast Service. Books well packed. ( « if ( document.getElementById ) { document.writeln('less'); } )

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The history of the clock opens a window on how different cultures have viewed time and on Europe's path to industrialization.

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. 14 b/w illustrations

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