One time fits all : the campaigns for global uniformity / Ian R. Bartky.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bartky, Ian R.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Time--Systems and standards.

Time.

Physical Description:

xxv, 292 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, 2007.

Summary:

"One Time Fits All" tells the story of the development, integration, and obstacles overcome in setting an the International Date Line, establishing the worldwide system of Standard Time zones, and adopting Daylight Saving Time- including their global impacts on how the general public keeps time today.

Contents:

Creating a date line (1522-1921)

What a difference a day makes

Campaigning for uniform time (1870-1925)

Choosing an initial meridian

Enter two innovators

Ventilating the issues

North America and Rome

Washington and London and beyond

Altering the astronomical day

Partitioning the world's time

The French take the lead

Employing clock time as a social instrument (1883-1927)

Advancing sunset, saving daylight

Changing time, gaining daylight

Epilogue: the present.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [257]-282) and index.

ISBN:

9780804756426

0804756422

OCLC:

123377296