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The Global Transformation of Time

- 1870-1950

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As railways, steamships, and telegraph communications brought distant places into unprecedented proximity, previously minor discrepancies in local time-telling became a global problem. Vanessa Ogle's chronicle of the struggle to standardize clock times and calendars from 1870 to 1950 highlights the many hurdles that proponents of uniformity faced.

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  • Sprog:
  • Engelsk
  • ISBN:
  • 9780674286146
  • Indbinding:
  • Hardback
  • Sideantal:
  • 288
  • Udgivet:
  • 1. oktober 2015
  • Størrelse:
  • 244x165x26 mm.
  • Vægt:
  • 584 g.
  • 8-11 hverdage.
  • 9. december 2024
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As railways, steamships, and telegraph communications brought distant places into unprecedented proximity, previously minor discrepancies in local time-telling became a global problem. Vanessa Ogle's chronicle of the struggle to standardize clock times and calendars from 1870 to 1950 highlights the many hurdles that proponents of uniformity faced.

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