The Global Transformation of Time : 1870–1950 /
Ogle, Vanessa
The Global Transformation of Time : 1870–1950 / Vanessa Ogle. - Pilot project. eBook available to selected US libraries only - 1 online resource (288 p.)
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1. National Times in a Globalizing World -- 2. Saving Social Time -- 3. From National to Uniform Time around the Globe -- 4. A Battle of Colonial Times -- 5. Comparing Time Management -- 6. Islamic Calendar Times -- 7. One Calendar for All -- Conclusion -- Archives and Repositories -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index
restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec
As railways, steamships, and telegraph communications brought distant places into unprecedented proximity, previously minor discrepancies in local time-telling became a global problem. Vanessa Ogle’s chronicle of the struggle to standardize clock times and calendars from 1870 to 1950 highlights the many hurdles that proponents of uniformity faced.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9780674915992
10.4159/9780674915992 doi
Globalization.
Time--Sociological aspects.
Time--Systems and standards--History.
Time--Systems and standards--History.
HISTORY / World.
The Global Transformation of Time : 1870–1950 / Vanessa Ogle. - Pilot project. eBook available to selected US libraries only - 1 online resource (288 p.)
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1. National Times in a Globalizing World -- 2. Saving Social Time -- 3. From National to Uniform Time around the Globe -- 4. A Battle of Colonial Times -- 5. Comparing Time Management -- 6. Islamic Calendar Times -- 7. One Calendar for All -- Conclusion -- Archives and Repositories -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index
restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec
As railways, steamships, and telegraph communications brought distant places into unprecedented proximity, previously minor discrepancies in local time-telling became a global problem. Vanessa Ogle’s chronicle of the struggle to standardize clock times and calendars from 1870 to 1950 highlights the many hurdles that proponents of uniformity faced.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9780674915992
10.4159/9780674915992 doi
Globalization.
Time--Sociological aspects.
Time--Systems and standards--History.
Time--Systems and standards--History.
HISTORY / World.