Research Catalog

Title

One time fits all : the campaigns for global uniformity / Ian R. Bartky.

Author

Bartky, Ian R.

Publication

Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, 2007.

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Details

Description

xxv, 292 pages : illustrations, maps; 24 cm

Summary

"One Time Fits All provides the first full framework for understanding attributes of civil time, which is used throughout the world today. It focuses on three components of uniform time, all linked to the prime meridian at Greenwich - the International Date Line, the worldwide system of Standard Time zones, and Daylight Saving Time (Summer Time) - tracing the story of their beginnings and eventual acceptance from original sources in Europe, Great Britain, Canada, and the United States. The book concludes with an examination of the changes in America's Daylight Saving Time that took effect in 2007."--BOOK JACKET.

Subject

• Time > Systems and standards

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [257]-282) and index.

Contents

Pt. I. Creating a Date Line (1522-1921) -- 1. What a Difference a Day Makes -- Pt. II. Campaigning for Uniform Time (1870-1925) -- 2. Choosing an Initial Meridian -- 3. Enter Two Innovators -- 4. Ventilating the Issues -- 5. North America and Rome -- 6. Washington and London and Beyond -- 7. Altering the Astronomical Day -- 8. Partitioning the World's Time -- 9. The French Take the Lead -- Pt. III. Employing Clock Time as a Social Instrument (1883-1927) -- 10. Advancing Sunset, Saving Daylight -- 11. Changing Time, Gaining Daylight -- Epilogue: The Present.

ISBN

• 9780804756426 (cloth : alk. paper)
• 0804756422 (cloth : alk. paper)

LCCN

2007015373

OCLC

• 123377296
• ocn123377296
• SCSB-5370238

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries