The Global Transformation of Time
| Author | : Vanessa Ogle |
| Publisher | : Harvard University Press |
| Total Pages | : 245 |
| Release | : 2015-10-12 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9780674737020 |
| ISBN-13 | : 0674737024 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (024 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis The Global Transformation of Time by : Vanessa Ogle
Download or read book The Global Transformation of Time written by Vanessa Ogle and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2015-10-12 with total page 245 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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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