O'Malley, Michael,

Keeping watch : a history of American time / Michael O'Malley. - xiv, 384 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 313-374) and index.

Time, nature, and the good citizen -- Celestial railroad time -- Day of two noons -- Keep a watch on everybody -- Therbligs and hieroglyphs -- Golf stick and the hoe.

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