Revolution in Time: Clocks and the Making of the Modern World

Landes, David S.

ISBN 10: 0674768027 / ISBN 13: 9780674768024

Published by Harvard University Press/Belknap, Cambridge, MA, 1983

About this Item

A bit of edge wear to card covers; otherwise a solid, clean copy with no marking or underlining; a very good reading or study copy; well illustratated with black and white drawings and photographs as well as a section of color photographs; 482 pages.

Seller Inventory # 025581

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Revolution in Time: Clocks and the Making of the Modern World
• Publisher: Harvard University Press/Belknap, Cambridge, MA
• Publication Date: 1983
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0674768027
• ISBN 13: 9780674768024
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1st Edition.
• Condition: Very Good+
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket as Issued
• Book Type: Book

About this title

Synopsis

The mechanical clock was one of the technological advances that brought Western civilisation to a position of world leadership. The book details how and why this breakthrough occurred through an historical journey.

About the Author

David S. Landes is Coolidge Professor of History and Professor of Economics, Emeritus, Harvard University, and the author of The Wealth and Poverty of Nations.