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Empires of Time: Calendars, Clocks, and Cultures
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Hardcover
from Basic Books (October 1, 1989)
9780465019502 | details & prices | 371 pages | List price $24.95
About: Compares contemporary timekeeping methods and related cultural perspectives to those of seminomadic tribes and classical civilizations, tracing the influence of calendars, datebooks, clocks, and other means of measuring humankind's most valuable commodity
About: Compares contemporary timekeeping methods and related cultural perspectives to those of seminomadic tribes and classical civilizations, tracing the influence of calendars, datebooks, clocks, and other means of measuring humankind's most valuable commodity
Paperback
Rev sub edition from Univ Pr of Colorado (October 1, 2002)
9780870816727 | details & prices | 368 pages | 6.00 × 9.00 × 1.00 in. | 1.05 lbs | List price $24.95
Reprint edition from Kodansha Amer Inc (August 1, 1995)
9781568360737 | details & prices | 371 pages | 5.75 × 8.50 × 1.25 in. | 1.00 lbs | List price $16.00
About: Compares contemporary time keeping methods and related cultural perspectives to those of seminomadic tribes and classical civilizations, tracing the influence of calendars, datebooks, clocks, and other means of measuring humankind's most valuable commodity
About: Compares contemporary time keeping methods and related cultural perspectives to those of seminomadic tribes and classical civilizations, tracing the influence of calendars, datebooks, clocks, and other means of measuring humankind's most valuable commodity