Time Telling Through the Ages (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

Brearley, Harry C.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1333509642 ISBN 13: 9781333509644

Verlag: Forgotten Books, 2018

Inhaltsangabe

How did clocks and watches redefine everyday life? This brisk history reveals how timekeeping became a tool for work, family, and national progress.

Time Telling Through the Ages traces the long journey from sundials and candle clocks to pocket watches and factory-made timepieces. It shows how the invention and spread of accurate timekeeping helped shape work hours, schooling, transportation, and commerce, tying personal moments to a larger industrial rhythm. The book blends vivid anecdotes with a clear look at how a simple device altered society in surprising ways.

• Discover the people and innovations behind affordable watches that changed who owned timepieces.
• See how factories, distribution networks, and marketing transformed time from luxury to everyday utility.
• Learn how time discipline influenced work, schooling, and public life in a growing modern world.
• Explore the interconnected history of science, industry, and culture through the evolution of clocks and watches.

Ideal for readers interested in the social and technological forces that shaped the modern era, and for anyone curious about how a tiny device on the wrist became a global aid to daily life.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Forgotten Books
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2018
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1333509642
• ISBN 13: 9781333509644
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 343
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