The Wholesale Business Directory of Philadelphia 1884-1885
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Carl Nicolaus Caspar
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Published: 1889
Total Pages: 1480
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Alexis McCrossen
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 2013-05-01
Total Pages: 272
ISBN-13: 022601505X
DOWNLOAD EBOOK“Tells a story of a period when the quest for accurate timekeeping became an obsession in the US.” —Choice 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. “A precise, acute, and well-measured monograph.” —Journal of Social History “Important and engaging.” —Journal of American History “ An innovative contribution on a key historical shift in modern life.” —Urban History “An authoritative narrative of how and where time and timepieces were distributed in the period.” —Reviews in American History
Author: Carl Nicolaus Caspar
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Published: 1889
Total Pages: 1478
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Published: 1928
Total Pages: 1762
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Published: 1971
Total Pages: 1986
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Published: 1950
Total Pages: 2072
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Published: 1961
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: United States. Congress
Publisher: Government Printing Office
Published: 2005
Total Pages: 2244
ISBN-13: 9780160731761
DOWNLOAD EBOOKLists every member of the U.S. House and Senate since 1789, with brief biographical entries on each member.