Cipolla, Carlo M., <br/><br/>
Gezählte Zeit :  wie die mechanische Uhr das Leben veränderte / 
Carlo M. Cipolla ; Aus dem Ital. von Friederike Hausmann. 
 - Neuausg. 
 - 124 pages :  Illustrations ;  19 cm 
 - Wagenbachs Taschenbuch ;  343 .
 - Wagenbach Taschenbuch ;  343. .
<br/><br/> How did a time-keeping device affect the growth of crafts guilds and the scientific research that led to the Industrial Revolution in Europe? Why were Chinese Mandarins enchanted by the intricate workings of clocks but uninterested in their time-keeping function? While European life quickly became regulated by the ticking of town clocks, Asia retained its seasonal cycles of time and initially resisted the idea of living life by the clock. Clocks and Culture is a brief history of the changes wrought by and on Europe and Asia over four hundred years due to technological advances in time-keeping and the rise of a clock-centered culture. 
<br/><br/><br/>In German, translated from the Italian. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9783803123435 3803123437 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Clocks and watches--Social aspects--History.--Europe<br/>Time measurements--Social aspects--History.--Europe<br/>Clock and watch making--History.--Europe<br/>Clocks and watches--Social aspects--History.--Asia<br/>Time measurements--Social aspects--History.--Asia<br/>Time--Philosophy.<br/>Time--Social aspects.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Index Terms: </label>Sociology Europe-general Timekeeping Timekeeper (general)