Shaping the Day A History of Timekeeping in England and Wales 1300-1800
ISBN:
9780199605125
Date published:
February 2011
Paperback
Price:
£24.95 Overturning many common perceptions of the past - for example, that clock time and the industrial revolution were intimately related - this unique historical study engages all readers interested in how 'telling the time' has come to dominate our way of life