Title Time in history : the evolution of our general awareness of time and temporal perspective / G.J. Whitrow

Edition [First Oxford University Press paperback edition] Published Oxford [Oxfordshire] ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1988

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Description x, 217 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm Series Oxford paperbacks Oxford paperbacks. Contents Includes index Summary Calendar - Pendulum clock - Metonic calendrical cycle - Mechanical clock - Sand clock - Sanskrit - Solar calendar - Water clock - Time in the middle ages - Time in the modern world - World history Analysis Time Cultural aspects, history Notes Includes index Subtitle of paperback edition V̀iews of time from prehistory to the present day' Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 194-206) and index Subject Time perception. Time -- Social aspects. World history. Genre/Form Chronologies. LC no. 88004245 ISBN 0192153617 9780192153616

Other Titles Time in history: Views of time from prehistory to the present day Time in history: Views of time from prehistory to the present day

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