The Global Transformation of Time - 1870-1950

Informationen zum Autor Vanessa Ogle is Julie and Martin Franklin Assistant Professor of History at the University of Pennsylvania. Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung 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.

Product details

• Authors: Vanessa Ogle, Ogle Vanessa
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.10.2015
• EAN: 9780674286146
• ISBN: 978-0-674-28614-6
• No. of pages: 260
• Dimensions: 162 mm x 244 mm x 26 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology; Globalisierung, 20. Jahrhundert (1900 bis 1999 n. Chr.), 19. Jahrhundert (1800 bis 1899 n. Chr.), Geschichte der Naturwissenschaften, TIME, Globalization, Soziale und ethische Themen, Zeit (Chronologie), Zeitsysteme und- standards, SCIENCE / History, 20th Century, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Globalization, HISTORY / World, SCIENCE / Time, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, General & world history, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, History of Science, General and world history, Time (chronology), time systems & standards, Time (chronology), time systems and standards