UID:
almafu_9959369233602883
Umfang:
1 online resource (272 p.)
ISBN:
1-299-27659-8
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0-226-01505-X
Inhalt:
The public spaces and buildings of the United States are home to many thousands of timepieces-bells, time balls, and clock faces-that tower over urban streets, peek out from lobbies, and gleam in store windows. And in the streets and squares beneath them, men, women, and children wear wristwatches of all kinds. Americans have decorated their homes with clocks and included them in their poetry, sermons, stories, and songs. And as political instruments, social tools, and cultural symbols, these personal and public timekeepers have enjoyed a broad currency in art, life, and culture. In Marking Modern Times, Alexis McCrossen relates how the American preoccupation with time led people from across social classes to acquire watches and clocks. While noting the difficulties in regulating and synchronizing so many timepieces, McCrossen expands our understanding of the development of modern time discipline, delving into the ways we have standardized time and describing how timekeepers have served as political, social, and cultural tools in a society that doesn't merely value time but regards access to time as a natural-born right, a privilege of being an American.
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Description based upon print version of record.
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Frontmatter --
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Contents --
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Illustrations --
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Acknowledgments --
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Introduction. Unveiling the Jewelers' Clock --
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Chapter 1. Time's Tongue and Hands: The First Public Clocks in the United States --
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Chapter 2. Clockwatching: The Uneasy Authority of Clocks and Watches in Antebellum America --
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Chapter 3. Republican Heirlooms, Instruments of Modern Time Discipline: Pocket Watches during and after the Civil War --
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Chapter 4. Noon, November 18, 1883: The Abolition of Local Time, the Debut of a National Standard --
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Chapter 5. American Synchronicity: Turn-of-the-Century Tower Clocks, Street Clocks, and Time Balls --
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Chapter 6. Monuments and Monstrosities: The Apex of the Public Clock Era --
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Epilogue. Content to Look at My Watch: The End of the Public Clock Era --
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Notes --
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Index
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English
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 0-226-37968-X
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 0-226-01486-X
Sprache:
Englisch
Fachgebiete:
Technik
DOI:
10.7208/9780226015057
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