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01586aam a2200277 a 4500 001 CD265C7EEB9D11E7A465B32097128E48 003 SILO 005 20171228010216 008 070418s2007 cauab b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2007015373 020 $a 0804756422 020 $a 9780804756426 035 $a (OCoLC)123377296 040 $a DLC $c DLC $d BAKER $d BTCTA $d UKM $d C#P $d BWX $d YDXCP $d UtOrBLW $d SILO 050 00 $a QB223 $b .B37 2007 082 00 $a 389/.17 $2 22 100 1 $a Bartky, Ian R. $0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nr99035933 245 10 $a One time fits all : $b the campaigns for global uniformity / $c Ian R. Bartky. 264 1 $a Stanford, Calif. : $b Stanford University Press, $c 2007. 300 $a xxv, 292 pages : $b illustrations, maps ; $c 24 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages [257]-282) and index. 505 0 $a Creating a date line (1522-1921). What a difference a day makes -- Campaigning for uniform time (1870-1925). Choosing an initial meridian -- Enter two innovators -- Ventilating the issues -- North America and Rome -- Washington and London and beyond -- Altering the astronomical day -- Partitioning the world's time -- The French take the lead -- Employing clock time as a social instrument (1883-1927). Advancing sunset, saving daylight -- Changing time, gaining daylight -- Epilogue : the present. 650 0 $a Time $x Systems and standards. $0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85135397 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20171228040119.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=CD265C7EEB9D11E7A465B32097128E48Initiate Another SILO Locator Search