{"product_id":"selling-the-true-time-nineteenthcentury-timekeeping-in-america-9780804738743","title":"Selling the True Time Nineteenthcentury","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis first comprehensive, scholarly history of timekeeping in America studies the transition from local to national timekeeping, a process that led to Standard Time—the worldwide system of timekeeping by which we all live. The book describes the contributions of the railroad industry, university astronomers, clockmakers, and civil and electrical engineers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Excellent historical account . . . the book tells a fascinating story . . . Readers of \u003ci\u003eSelling the True Time\u003c\/i\u003e are treated to a wealth of novel historical detail, which makes the book an invaluable source of material for any scholar interested in the role plyed by the nineteenth-century United States in the development of globally constituted standard time.\" -- \u003ci\u003eEnterprise \u0026amp; Society\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eSelling the True Time\u003c\/i\u003e is a useful addition to the works documenting the technical, social, and political aspects of timekeeping in the nineteenth century. . . . Bartky provides an interesting perspective. . . . Overall \u003ci\u003eSelling the True Time\u003c\/i\u003e merits addition to a collection on the elusive but fascinating topic of time.\" -- \u003ci\u003eCanadian Journal of History\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"For those who take recognized standards, such as time, for granted, this book has much to offer in ferreting out a rather obscure history and presenting it in a dispassionate form. . . . Bartky's account is entertaining and luxurious with detail.\" -- \u003ci\u003eTechnology and Culture\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Bartky has added depth to a seemingly familiar story.\" -- \u003ci\u003eAmerican Historical Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface  Introduction  Part I. Employing Time (1801-1856)  1. True time and place  2. Running on time  3. Telegraphing time, making history  Part II. Dispensing Local Time (1845-1875)  4. Introducing city time  5. Antebellum observatory time services  6. Lobbying for time and new technologies  Part III. Promoting a National View of Time (1869-1881)  7. Abbe's Road: uniform time  8. Shaping a national time circuit  9. Gauging time accurately  Part IV. Conflict without Resolution (1879-1884)  10. Clashing over time bills  11. Inventing standard railway time  12. A failure in time  Part V. Emerging American Technologies (1880-1889)  13. New companies, old business  14. Two instrument-makers  Part VI. Finished and Unfinished Business (1888-1903)  15. The time peddlers  16. A severe blow to the progress of science  Epilogue, Appendix  Notes  Index.","brand":"Stanford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49405538500951,"sku":"9780804738743","price":52.7,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780804738743.jpg?v=1730492772","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/selling-the-true-time-nineteenthcentury-timekeeping-in-america-9780804738743","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}