TY  - BOOK
AU  - Holford-Strevens,Leofranc
TI  - A history of time
T2  - A very short introduction
SN  - 0192804995
PY  - 2005///]
CY  - Oxford, England, New York
PB  - Oxford University Press
KW  - Calendar
KW  - History
KW  - fast
KW  - Calenders
KW  - Basic time
KW  - Holford-Strevens Leofranc
KW  - Time
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 135-137) and index; The day -- Months and years -- Prehistory and history of the modern calendar -- Easter -- Weeks and seasons -- Other calendars -- Marking the year
N2  - "The organization of time into hours, days, months, and years seems immutable and universal, but is actually far more artificial than most people realize. The French Revolution resulted in a restructuring of the French calendar, and the Soviet Union experimented with five- and six-day weeks. Leofranc Holford-Strevens explores the history of the measurement of time using a range of fascinating examples, from Ancient Rome and Julius Caesar's imposition of the Leap Year to the 1920s' project for a fixed Easter."--Jacket
ER  -