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Clocks and Culture: 1300-1700 (Norton Library)
Carlo M. Cipolla
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paperback. How did a time-keeping device affect the growth of guilds and scientific research that led to the Industrial Research? "Clocks and Cultures" is a brief history of the changes wrought by and on Europe over 400 years due to technological advances in timekeeping and the rise of a time-aware culture. Series: Norton Library. Num Pages: 192 pages, 14 illustrations. BIC Classification: 3H; 3JB; 3JD; HBTB; PGZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 226. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
How did a time-keeping device affect the growth of crafts guilds and the scientific research that led to the Industrial Revolution? Clocks and Culture is a brief history of the changes wrought by and on Europe over four hundred years due to technological advances in timekeeping and the rise of a time-aware culture. In his introduction, Anthony Grafton, Henry Putnam University Professor of History at Princeton University, puts this classic book in perspective.
How did a time-keeping device affect the growth of crafts guilds and the scientific research that led to the Industrial Revolution? Clocks and Culture is a brief history of the changes wrought by and on Europe over four hundred years due to technological advances in timekeeping and the rise of a time-aware culture. In his introduction, Anthony Grafton, Henry Putnam University Professor of History at Princeton University, puts this classic book in perspective.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company
Condition
Used, Very Good
Series
Norton Library
Number of Pages
206
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780393324433
SKU
KSG0034462
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About Carlo M. Cipolla
Carlo M. Cipolla was the author of Before the Industrial Revolution and a professor at the University of California, Berkeley. He died in 2000.
Reviews for Clocks and Culture: 1300-1700 (Norton Library)
"Cipolla has a sharp eye for the heaven in a grain of sand. He takes a prosaic piece of hardware and uses it as a path into some of the central themes of history.... Imaginative and wide-ranging."
The Economist "Brilliant.... Demonstrates the economic and technological development by which the continent thrust into the forefront of civilization."
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The Economist "Brilliant.... Demonstrates the economic and technological development by which the continent thrust into the forefront of civilization."
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