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Author:
Bartky, Ian R. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nr99035933
Title:
One time fits all : the campaigns for global uniformity / Ian R. Bartky.
Publisher:
Stanford University Press,
Copyright Date:
2007
Description:
xxv, 292 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Subject:
Time--Systems and standards.
Notes:
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.
ISBN:
0804756422
9780804756426
OCLC:
(OCoLC)123377296
LCCN:
2007015373
Locations:
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

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