Reading Clocks, Alla Turca - Time and Society in the Late Ottoman Empire

Up until the end of the eighteenth century, the way Ottomans used their clocks conformed to the inner logic of their own temporal culture. This book unravels the complexity of Ottoman temporal culture and tells the story of its transformation. It presents us with a new understanding of the relationship between time and modernity. Zusammenfassung Up until the end of the eighteenth century! the way Ottomans used their clocks conformed to the inner logic of their own temporal culture. This book unravels the complexity of Ottoman temporal culture and tells the story of its transformation. It presents us with a new understanding of the relationship between time and modernity.

Product details

• Authors: Avner Wishnitzer, Wishnitzer Avner
• Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 07.07.2015
• EAN: 9780226257723
• ISBN: 978-0-226-25772-3
• No. of pages: 312
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Physics, astronomy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, Ottoman Empire, HISTORY / Social History, SCIENCE / Time, Social & cultural history, HISTORY / Middle East / Turkey & Ottoman Empire, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, Social and cultural history, Middle Eastern history, Time (chronology), time systems & standards, Time (chronology), time systems and standards