The clocks are telling lies : science, society, and the construction of time / Scott Alan Johnston.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Johnston, Scott Alan, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Clocks and watches--History.

Clocks and watches.

Time--Social aspects.

Time.

Time measurements.

Time measurements--History.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (265 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

Montreal, Quebec : McGill-Queen's University Press, [2022]

Summary:

Until the nineteenth century all time was local time. The invention of railways and telegraphs, however, created a newly interconnected world where, suddenly, the time differences between cities mattered. This book is an exploration of why we tell time the way we do, demonstrating that organizing a new global time system was no simple task.

Contents:

Cover

THE CLOCKS ARE TELLING LIES

Title

Copyright

Contents

Tables and Figures

Acknowledgments

Abbreviations

Introduction

1 Uneasy Beginnings

2 Amateurs, Professionals, and Eccentrics

3 The International Meridian Conference

4 "The House That Jack Built": Selling Time, Constructing Modernities

5 Teaching Time, Using Time

Conclusion

Appendix: Resolutions Passed by the IMC

Notes

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780228009634

0228009634

9780228009641

0228009642

OCLC:

1265296854