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Measuring Time, Making History /

Time is the crucial ingredient in history, and yet historians rarely talk about time as such. These essays offer new insight into the development of modern conceptions of time, from the Christian dating system (BC/AD or BCE/CE) to the idea of "modernity" as a new epoch in human history.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Hunt, Lynn, 1945-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Central European University Press, 2007.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:Time is the crucial ingredient in history, and yet historians rarely talk about time as such. These essays offer new insight into the development of modern conceptions of time, from the Christian dating system (BC/AD or BCE/CE) to the idea of "modernity" as a new epoch in human history.
Notas:Lectures presented in Nov. 2006.
"Natalie Zemon Davis annual lecture series at Central European University, Budapest"--Half title page.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (146 pages).
ISBN:9786155211485