How did a time-keeping device affect the growth of crafts guilds and the scientific research that led to the Industrial Revolution? Clocks and Culture is a brief history of the changes wrought by and on Europe over four hundred years due to technological advances in timekeeping and the rise of a time-aware culture. In his introduction, Anthony Grafton, Henry Putnam University Professor of History at Princeton University, puts this classic book in perspective.
| ISBN: | 9780393324433 |
| Publication date: | 2nd September 2003 |
| Author: | Carlo M Cipolla |
| Publisher: | W.W. Norton and Company an imprint of W. W. Norton & Company |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 182 pages |
| Series: | The Norton Library |
| Genres: |
Time (chronology), time systems and standards |
How did a time-keeping device affect the growth of crafts guilds and the scientific research that led to the Industrial Revolution? Clocks and Culture is a brief history of the changes wrought by and on Europe over four hundred years due to technological advances in timekeeping and the rise of a time-aware culture. In his introduction, Anthony Grafton, Henry Putnam University Professor of History at Princeton University, puts this classic book in perspective.
Clocks and Culture, 1300-1700 features in the following genres: Time (chronology), time systems and standards
Clocks and Culture, 1300-1700 is available in Paperback
Clocks and Culture, 1300-1700 was written by Carlo M Cipolla and published by W.W. Norton and Company an imprint of W. W. Norton & Company
Clocks and Culture, 1300-1700 has 182 pages
Yes it is part of The Norton Library series