Screen LibraryOne time fits all：the campaigns for global uniformity
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Stanford University Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Stanford, Calif. |
| Publication Dates: | 2007. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Carrier Form: | xxv, 292 p.: ill., maps ; 24 cm. |
| ISBN: |
9780804756426 (cloth : alk. paper) 0804756422 (cloth : alk. paper) |
| Index Number: | P19 |
| CLC: | P19 |
| Call Number: | P19/B288 |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [257]-282) and index. Creating a date line (1522-1921) -- What a difference a day makes -- Campaigning for uniform time (1870-1925) -- Choosing an initial meridian -- Enter two innovators -- Ventilating the issues -- North America and Rome -- Washington and London and beyond -- Altering the astronomical day -- Partitioning the world's time -- The French take the lead -- Employing clock time as a social instrument (1883-1927) -- Advancing sunset, saving daylight -- Changing time, gaining daylight -- Epilogue: the present. |