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Marking Modern Times - A History of Clocks, Watches, and Other Timekeepers in American Life (Paperback)
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Marking Modern Times - A History of Clocks, Watches, and Other Timekeepers in American Life (Paperback)
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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. In Marking Modern Times, Alexis McCrossen relates how the
American preoccupation with time led people from across social
classes to acquire watches and clocks. While noting the
difficulties in regulating and synchronizing so many timepieces,
McCrossen expands our understanding of the development of modern
time discipline, delving into the ways we have standardized time
and describing how timekeepers have served as political, social,
and cultural tools in a society that doesn't merely value time but
regards access to time as a natural-born right, a privilege of
being an American.
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