Screen LibraryThe business of time : a global history of the watch industry /
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| Published: |
Manchester University Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Manchester : |
| Publication Dates: | 2022. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Series: |
Studies in design & material culture
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| Carrier Form: | xii, 198 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [183]-193) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781526162571 1526162571 |
| Index Number: | HD9999 |
| CLC: | F416.87-09 |
| Call Number: | F416.87-09/D689 |
| Contents: |
Machine generated contents note: The situation in the mid-nineteenth century -- Responding to the American challenge, 1870 -- 1890 -- The first phase of technological and industrial diffusion, 1890 -- 1914 -- The transformation of the watch industry, 1914 -- 1945 -- The first wave of foreign direct investment, 1945 -- 1970 -- The impact of electronics, 1970 -- 1985 -- Reorganisation of global value chains after 1985 -- Epilogue: the world watch industry in 2017. |