The global transformation of time : 1870-1950
"This book is a revisionist account of attempts to unify clock times, calendars, and social time, and a methodological intervention in discussions about writing global and transnational history. The book uses the reform of time between 1870 and 1950 as a lens through which to understand the dyn...
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| Format: | Buch |
| Sprache: | English |
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Cambridge, Massachusetts London : Harvard University Press,
2015
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| Schlagworte: | Time Globalization Theorie Naturwissenschaften Technikphilosophie Zeit System Norm Geschichte Sozialphilosophie mehr... |
| Umfang: | 279 Seiten |
Inhaltsangabe:
- Introduction
- National times in a globalizing world
- Saving social time
- From national to uniform time around the globe
- A battle of colonial times
- Comparing time management
- Islamic calendar times
- One calendar for all
- Conclusion.