Author: Audrey Borenstein
Publisher: Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press
ISBN: 9780838631706
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 534
Book Description
Encompassing a variety of perspectives on the lives of older women in modern America, this book is a rich mosaic, drawing on demographic, social-psychological, social-historical, economic, and gerontological data, and incorporating transcripts of oral histories, interviews with women artists, fiction and essays by and about women in the second half of their lives, autobiographies, diaries, journals, letters, and other sources.
Chimes of Change and Hours
Author: Audrey Borenstein
Publisher: Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press
ISBN: 9780838631706
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 534
Book Description
Encompassing a variety of perspectives on the lives of older women in modern America, this book is a rich mosaic, drawing on demographic, social-psychological, social-historical, economic, and gerontological data, and incorporating transcripts of oral histories, interviews with women artists, fiction and essays by and about women in the second half of their lives, autobiographies, diaries, journals, letters, and other sources.
Publisher: Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press
ISBN: 9780838631706
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 534
Book Description
Encompassing a variety of perspectives on the lives of older women in modern America, this book is a rich mosaic, drawing on demographic, social-psychological, social-historical, economic, and gerontological data, and incorporating transcripts of oral histories, interviews with women artists, fiction and essays by and about women in the second half of their lives, autobiographies, diaries, journals, letters, and other sources.
On Time
Author: Kenneth Mondschein
Publisher: JHU Press
ISBN: 1421438283
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 257
Book Description
An approachable, accessible history of timekeeping and the impact of the increasing precision and accuracy of time on humanity. Western culture has been obsessed with regulating society by the precise, accurate measurement of time since the Middle Ages. In On Time, Ken Mondschein explores the paired development of concepts and technologies of timekeeping with human thought. Without clocks, he argues, the modern world as we know it would not exist. From the astronomical timekeeping of the ancient world to the tower clocks of the Middle Ages to the seagoing chronometer, the quartz watch, and the atomic clock, greater precision and accuracy have had profound effects on human society—which, in turn, has driven the quest for further precision and accuracy. This quest toward automation—which gave rise to the Gregorian calendar, the factory clock, and even the near-disastrous Y2K bug—has led to profound social repercussions and driven the creation of the modern scientific mindset. Surveying the evolution of the clock from prehistory to the twenty-first century, Mondschein explains how both the technology and the philosophy behind Western timekeeping regimes came to take over the entire world. On Time is a story of thinkers, philosophers, and scientists, and of the thousand decisions that continue to shape our daily lives.
Publisher: JHU Press
ISBN: 1421438283
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 257
Book Description
An approachable, accessible history of timekeeping and the impact of the increasing precision and accuracy of time on humanity. Western culture has been obsessed with regulating society by the precise, accurate measurement of time since the Middle Ages. In On Time, Ken Mondschein explores the paired development of concepts and technologies of timekeeping with human thought. Without clocks, he argues, the modern world as we know it would not exist. From the astronomical timekeeping of the ancient world to the tower clocks of the Middle Ages to the seagoing chronometer, the quartz watch, and the atomic clock, greater precision and accuracy have had profound effects on human society—which, in turn, has driven the quest for further precision and accuracy. This quest toward automation—which gave rise to the Gregorian calendar, the factory clock, and even the near-disastrous Y2K bug—has led to profound social repercussions and driven the creation of the modern scientific mindset. Surveying the evolution of the clock from prehistory to the twenty-first century, Mondschein explains how both the technology and the philosophy behind Western timekeeping regimes came to take over the entire world. On Time is a story of thinkers, philosophers, and scientists, and of the thousand decisions that continue to shape our daily lives.
Chamber's Encyclopœdia
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Category : Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Languages : en
Pages : 846
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Category : Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Languages : en
Pages : 846
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The Encyclopædia Britannica
Author: Hugh Chisholm
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Category : Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Languages : en
Pages : 1038
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Category : Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Languages : en
Pages : 1038
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Chambers' Encyclopædia
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Category : Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Languages : en
Pages : 860
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Category : Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Languages : en
Pages : 860
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America
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Category : Homosexuality
Languages : en
Pages : 620
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"The Jesuit review of faith and culture," Nov. 13, 2017-
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Category : Homosexuality
Languages : en
Pages : 620
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"The Jesuit review of faith and culture," Nov. 13, 2017-
The Musical Times & Singing-class Circular
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Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 690
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Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 690
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The Musical Times and Singing-class Circular
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Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 1036
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Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 1036
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The Edinburgh Encyclopaedia: Fuci
Author: Sir David Brewster
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Category : Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Languages : en
Pages : 850
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Category : Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Languages : en
Pages : 850
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The Edinburgh Encyclopaedia
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Languages : en
Pages : 928
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Languages : en
Pages : 928
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