Time in World History 1st Edition by Peter Stearns ISBN 9780367434946 0367434946

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ISBN 10: 0367434946
ISBN 13: 9780367434946
Author: Peter Stearns

Time in World History 1st Edition Table of contents:

1 Introduction: Time and History

Further Reading

2 Why Time? The Experience of Early Societies

Seasons and Measuring by the Moon

The Week

The Role of Agriculture and Civilization

Mathematics and Measurement: New Kinds of Precision

Years and Months

Days and Hours

Measurement and Devices: More Innovation

Uses of Time in Early Civilizations

Note

Further Reading

3 Time Amid the Classical Civilizations and World Religions

Calendars

Asia

Southern Europe

Islam

The Net Results

Measuring the Time of Day

Recording Daily Time

Determining the Hour

Daily Uses of Time

Islam

Christianity

Mechanical Clocks

Conclusion: Some Conundrums

The Comparative Issue

Religious and Merchant Time

Note

Further Reading

4 The Rise of the Clock, 1400–1800

More Clocks, Better Clocks: The Steady Progress

Municipal Competition

Technological Innovation

Time in Daily Life Before 1800

European Clocks and World History

Russia and the Americas

Asia

Fascination with Time: The 18th Century

Navigation

Range of Application

Availability

A Culture of Time

A Rural Case

Notes

Further Reading

5 Imposing the Clock: Uses of Time in Industrial Society, 1800–1920

Technology and Production

The Cultural Context

Time and Work

Time Policies

Reactions and Reforms

Weekends

Continuing Tensions

Further Innovations

Travel Time

Leisure and Recreation

Untimed Options and Their Limits

Imposing the Clock

Sleep

Socializing Children

Further Reading

6 Time in the World During the Long 19th Century

Time Zones

Regional Encounters

Calendars

Clock Time: Japan Again

The Ottoman Empire: Imperial and Turkish Experience

The Ottoman Empire: The Arab Experience

India

Sub-Saharan Africa

Further Reading

7 Time in the Past Century

The Revolutions: Science and Technology

Relativity

Technology

The Y2K Interlude

Closer to Home: Other New Time Technologies

Time for Everyone: The Timex Example

Policy and Globalization

Calendars

Hours

Time and Society

Children

Working Mothers

Recreation Time

Short Time

Variety and Resistance

Individuals

Cultures

Relaxations or Resistance?

Further Reading

8 Conclusion

Index

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