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The history of the clock opens a window on how different cultures have viewed time and on Europe's path to industrialization.

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"Cipolla has a sharp eye for the heaven in a grain of sand. He takes a prosaic piece of hardware and uses it as a path into some of the central themes of history.... Imaginative and wide-ranging." -- The Economist
"Brilliant.... Demonstrates the economic and technological development by which the continent thrust into the forefront of civilization." -- The Listener

Clocks and Culture 13001700 Norton Library

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      Publisher W. W. Norton & Company
      Published 9 February 2003
      ISBN-13 9780393324433
      978-0393324433
      ISBN-10 0393324435
      Also in:
      Social and cultural history Science & Nature Time (chronology), time systems and standards

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      The history of the clock opens a window on how different cultures have viewed time and on Europe's path to industrialization.

      Trade Review
      "Cipolla has a sharp eye for the heaven in a grain of sand. He takes a prosaic piece of hardware and uses it as a path into some of the central themes of history.... Imaginative and wide-ranging." -- The Economist
      "Brilliant.... Demonstrates the economic and technological development by which the continent thrust into the forefront of civilization." -- The Listener

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