[PDF.27en] Selling the True Time: Nineteenth-Century Timekeeping in America

Selling the True Time: Nineteenth-Century Timekeeping in America

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 | #2716991 in Books |  Stanford University Press |  2000-08-01 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  10.00 x1.60 x7.00l,1.79 | File type: PDF | 328 pages

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||4 of 4 people found the following review helpful.| Revealing and involving in its depth and detail|By Midwest Book Review|While it may be hard to easily categorize this title, it should become a mainstay of college-level collections of all sizes and types. Selling the True Time studies the transition from local to national timekeeping and a world-wide system of keeping time in the late 1800s. Until the railroads become involved

This book studies the transition from local to national timekeeping, a process that led to Standard Time―the world-wide system of timekeeping by which we all live. Prior to the railroads’ adoption of Standard Railway Time in 1883, timekeeping was entirely a local matter, and America lacked any uniform system to coordinate times and public activities. For example, in the middle of the nineteenth century, Boston had three authoritative times, which differed by seco...

You easily download any file type for your gadget.Selling the True Time: Nineteenth-Century Timekeeping in America   |  Ian R. Bartky.Not only was the story interesting, engaging and relatable, it also teaches lessons.

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