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One Time Fits All : The Campaigns for Global Uniformity /
One Time Fits All provides the first full framework for understanding attributes of civil time, which is used throughout the world today. It focuses on three components of uniform time all linked to the prime meridian at Greenwich-the International Date Line, the worldwide system of Standard Time zo...
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Stanford, CA :
Stanford University Press,
[2022]
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Part I Creating a Date Line (1522-1921)
- 1. What a Difference a Day Makes
- Part II Campaigning for Uniform Time (1870-1925)
- 2. Choosing an Initial Meridian
- 3. Enter Two Innovators
- 4. Ventilating the Issues
- 5. North America and Rome
- 6. Washington and London and Beyond
- 6. Washington and London and Beyond
- 8. Partitioning the World's Time
- 9. The French Take the Lead
- Part III Employing Clock Time as a Social Instrument (1883-1927)
- 10. Advancing Sunset, Saving Daylight
- 11. Changing Time, Gaining Daylight
- Epilogue: The Present
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index