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Up until the end of the eighteenth century, the way Ottomans used their clocks conformed to the inner logic of their own temporal culture. This book unravels the complexity of Ottoman temporal culture and tells the story of its transformation. It presents us with a new understanding of the relationship between time and modernity.

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      Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
      Publication Date: 07/07/2015
      ISBN13: 9780226257723, 978-0226257723
      ISBN10: 022625772X
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      Middle Eastern history Time (chronology), time systems and standards

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Up until the end of the eighteenth century, the way Ottomans used their clocks conformed to the inner logic of their own temporal culture. This book unravels the complexity of Ottoman temporal culture and tells the story of its transformation. It presents us with a new understanding of the relationship between time and modernity.

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