Includes bibliographical references (pages [257]-282) and index.
Contents:
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.
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