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  1. History of the Hour: Clocks and Modern Temporal Orders
    History of the Hour: Clocks and Modern Temporal Orders
  2. The Author's Due: Printing and the Prehistory of Copyright
    The Author's Due: Printing and the Prehistory of Copyright
  3. Antiquing New York: The Guide to Antique Dealers of New York City, Upstate New York and Long Island
    Antiquing New York: The Guide to Antique Dealers of New York City, Upstate New York and Long Island
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    Are You Rich?
  5. The Uta Codex: Art, Philosophy and Reform in Eleventh-century Germany
    The Uta Codex: Art, Philosophy and Reform in Eleventh-century Germany
  6. History in Your Hand: Fifty Years of the Manuscript Society
    History in Your Hand: Fifty Years of the Manuscript Society
  7. "Reader's Digest" Treasures in Your Home: An Illustrated Guide to Antiques and Their Prices
    "Reader's Digest" Treasures in Your Home: An Illustrated Guide to Antiques and Their Prices
  8. In Praise of Teddy Bears: Collector's Edition
    In Praise of Teddy Bears: Collector's Edition
  9. Persian Poetry, Painting and Patronage: Illustrations in a Sixteenth-century Masterpiece
    Persian Poetry, Painting and Patronage: Illustrations in a Sixteenth-century Masterpiece
  10. Beauty and the Book: Fine Editions and Cultural Distinction in America (Henry McBride Series in Modernism & Modernity)
    Beauty and the Book: Fine Editions and Cultural Distinction in America (Henry McBride Series in Modernism & Modernity)
  11. Arms and Armor: Notable Acquisitions 1991-2002 (Metropolitan Museum of Art S.)
    Arms and Armor: Notable Acquisitions 1991-2002 (Metropolitan Museum of Art S.)
  12. Discovering and Restoring Antique Furniture: A Practical Illustrated Guide for the Buyer and Restorer of Antique Furniture
    Discovering and Restoring Antique Furniture: A Practical Illustrated Guide for the Buyer and Restorer of Antique Furniture
  13. Trace Elements in Man and Animals
    Trace Elements in Man and Animals
  14. Nazi Plunder: Great Treasure Stories of World War II
    Nazi Plunder: Great Treasure Stories of World War II
  15. Behind the Scenes of Tiffany Glass Making
    Behind the Scenes of Tiffany Glass Making
  16. Dictionary of American Book Collectors
    Dictionary of American Book Collectors
  17. Dictionary of American Antiquarian Bookdealers
    Dictionary of American Antiquarian Bookdealers
  18. Italian American Material Culture: Directory of Collections, Sites and Festivals in the United States and Canada (Material Culture Directories)
    Italian American Material Culture: Directory of Collections, Sites and Festivals in the United States and Canada (Material Culture Directories)
  19. The Encyclopedia of the Sword
    The Encyclopedia of the Sword
  20. A Discography of 78 RPM Era Recordings of the Horn Solo and Chamber Literature with Commentary (Discographies)
    A Discography of 78 RPM Era Recordings of the Horn Solo and Chamber Literature with Commentary (Discographies)
  21. Staffordshire Figures (Christie's Collectables)
    Staffordshire Figures (Christie's Collectables)
  22. Blue and White China (Christie's Collectables)
    Blue and White China (Christie's Collectables)
  23. The Coin Atlas
    The Coin Atlas
  24. Little, Brown Guide to Silver
    Little, Brown Guide to Silver
  25. English Enamel Boxes: From the Eighteenth to the Twentieth Centuries
    English Enamel Boxes: From the Eighteenth to the Twentieth Centuries
History of the Hour: Clocks and Modern Temporal Orders
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    		History of the Hour: Clocks and Modern Temporal Orders
    Gerhard Dohrn-van Rossum
    Manufacturer: University Of Chicago Press
    ProductGroup: Book
    Binding: Paperback

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    ASIN: 0226155110

    Book Description

    In this sweeping study of the organization of time, Dohrn-van Rossum offers fresh insight into the history of the mechanical clock and its influence on European society from the late Middle Ages to the industrial revolution. Detailing the clock's effects on social activity, he presents a vivid picture of a society regulated by the precise measurement of identical hours.

    "In tracing the evolution of time consciousness with scholarship and skill . . . Dohrn-van Rossum evokes the many ways that the small moments of life have come to be reckoned with the passage of time."--Dava Sobel, Civilization

    "Dohrn-van Rossum paints a highly nuanced picture of time's conquest of modern life."--Steven Lagerfeld, Wilson Quarterly

    "This book is definitive in showing the clock's pervasive influence over European society."--Virginia Quarterly Review

    "[A] delightful, excellently translated history."--Choice

    "Dohrn-van Rossum has produced a persuasive and brilliantly documented new understanding of how modern time-consciousness arose."--Owen Gingerich, Nature

    HISTORY OF THE HOUR : CLOCKS AND MODERN TEMPORAL ORDERS
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      		HISTORY OF THE HOUR : CLOCKS AND MODERN TEMPORAL ORDERS
      Gerhard Dohrn-Van Rossum
      Manufacturer: University Of Chicago Press
      ProductGroup: Book
      Binding: Paperback
      ASIN: B000OOYHN8

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