Keeping watch : a history of American time / Michael O'Malley.
Time, nature, and the good citizen -- Celestial railroad time -- Day of two noons -- Keep a watch on everybody -- Therbligs and hieroglyphs -- Golf stick and the hoe.
Record details
- ISBN: 067082934X
- ISBN: 9780670829347
- Physical Description: xiv, 384 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Publisher: New York, N.Y.U.S.A. : Viking, 1990.
Content descriptions
- Bibliography, etc. Note:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 313-374) and index.
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- Time > Systems and standards > United States > History.
