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Globalization and Time.
The process of globalization has brought about countless changes in societies, communities, regions and economies across the globe. It has been analyzed from many perspectives as a result and much has been written to muddy the waters of our understanding of this important concept. In going back to t...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Hoboken :
Taylor and Francis,
2013.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
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- Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of illustrations; Acknowledgments; List of abbreviations; Introduction; 1 The coordination of time; Spatio-temporal approaches; PART I Terrestrial globalization; 2 Exploring the globe; A European miracle; Interactions with the Arab World; Europeans on the move; European expansion; Marco Polo; The Su Sung clock; Admiral Zheng He; China:The Middle Kingdom; Portugal; Nautical knowledge; Spain; Columbus; The Treaty of Tordesillas; Imperial Spain; 3 The emergence of temporalities; Calendars; Calendar reform; Hours; Medieval times; Monasteries
- Revolution in timeThe first phase of the mechanical clock (1300-1500); Temperance; The second phase of the mechanical clock (1500-1650); The clock as metaphor; 4 The age of merchant capitalism; International trading companies; Amsterdam as center of trade and commerce; The Dutch revolt (1568-1648); The VOC; Temporal coordination of barges; Maurits' military revolution; Organization of the VOC; The WIC; The slave trade; The demise of the VOC; Britain takes over; The third phase of the mechanical clock: the marine chronometer (1657-1761); PART II Industrial globalization
- 5 Time in British industry and railroad transportMining; Josiah Wedgwood; The Lunar Society; Early forms of marketing; Britain's industrious revolution; The Industrial Revolution in the textile industry; Robert Owen; Trains; Telegraphy; Steamships; The Great Exhibition; 6 Politics and time; The French Revolution and a new rational order; The French calendar; Standardization; Labor's protest; Australia and the eight-hour day; The international labor movement; 7 Speed in transport and industry; The American system of manufacture; Railroads and military practice; Management of railroads
- Railroad time zonesThe modern factory system; Labor resistance; The Greenwich Observatory bomb; 8 Time and motion; Work; Etienne-Jules Marey; The European Science of Work; Frederick Winslow Taylor; Gilbreth's motion studies; Scientific Management popularized; Henry Ford; European responses; Charles Eugene Bedaux; Stakhanovism; Fordism; Sloan and General Motors; Conclusion; 9 Time and emotion; Information-processing and electric appliances industries; Welfare work; The Hawthorne experiments; Elton Mayo; Bank-wiring test room; Outcomes of the experiments; Harvard and Human Relations
- The Great DepressionThe Marshall Plan; Peter Drucker; 10 The accelerated transfer of people and cargo; Initial steps to aviation; Wristwatches; Aviation; Pan Am's global expansion; Airplane producers; Jet engines; Deregulation; Air cargo; Sea transport; Outlook; PART III Electronic globalization; 11 Information and communication revolution; IBM; Outlook; 12 The Japanese miracle and just-in-time; Time concepts; Reconstruction of Japanese society; The quality issue; Quality and just-in-time at the Toyota company; American response; American quality management; Buzzwords; 13 Flexitime