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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
    Publication Date: 9/2/2003 12:00:00 AM
    ISBN13: 9780393324433, 978-0393324433
    ISBN10: 0393324435
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    Social and cultural history 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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