Empires of Time: Calendars, Clocks, and Cultures by Anthony F. Aveni

Empires of Time: Calendars, Clocks, and Cultures

Anthony F. Aveni

332 pages first pub 1989 (editions)

nonfiction history science challenging informative slow-paced
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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 c...

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