Marking Modern Times A History of Clocks, Watches, and Other Timekeepers in American Life

Name: Marking Modern Times A History of Clocks, Watches, and Other Timekeepers in American Life
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ISBN: 9780226014869

ISBN-10: 022601486X

ISBN-13: 9780226014869

Edition: 2013

Authors: Alexis McCrossen

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The public spaces and buildings of the United States are home to many thousands of timepieces—bells, time balls, and clock faces—that tower over urban streets, peek out from lobbies, and gleam in store windows. And in the streets and squares beneath them, men, women, and children wear wristwatches of all kinds. Americans have decorated their homes with clocks and included them in their poetry, sermons, stories, and songs. And as political instruments, social tools, and cultural symbols, these personal and public timekeepers have enjoyed a broad currency in art, life, and culture.InMarking Modern Times, Alexis McCrossen relates how the American preoccupation with time led people from across…

Book details

List price: $52.00
Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication date: 5/1/2013
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 272
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.10" tall
Weight: 1.100
Language: English