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001 2007015373
003 DLC
005 20110203081656.0
008 070418s2007 cauab b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2007015373
015 $aGBA767245$2bnb
016 7 $a013824735$2Uk
020 $a9780804756426 (cloth : alk. paper)
020 $a0804756422 (cloth : alk. paper)
035 $a(OCoLC)ocn123377296
035 $a(OCoLC)123377296
040 $aDLC$cDLC$dBAKER$dBTCTA$dUKM$dC#P$dBWX$dYDXCP$dIXA$dDLC
050 00 $aQB223$b.B37 2007
082 00 $a389/.17$222
100 1 $aBartky, Ian R.
245 10 $aOne time fits all :$bthe campaigns for global uniformity /$cIan R. Bartky.
260 $aStanford, Calif. :$bStanford University Press,$c2007.
300 $axxv, 292 p. :$bill., maps ;$c24 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [257]-282) and index.
505 0 $aCreating a date line (1522-1921) -- What a difference a day makes -- Campaigning for uniform time (1870-1925) -- Choosing an initial meridian -- Enter two innovators -- Ventilating the issues -- North America and Rome -- Washington and London and beyond -- Altering the astronomical day -- Partitioning the world's time -- The French take the lead -- Employing clock time as a social instrument (1883-1927) -- Advancing sunset, saving daylight -- Changing time, gaining daylight -- Epilogue: the present.
650 0 $aTime$xSystems and standards.
856 41 $3Table of contents only$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0715/2007015373.html
856 42 $3Contributor biographical information$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0806/2007015373-b.html
856 42 $3Publisher description$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0806/2007015373-d.html