Spring forward : the annual madness of daylight saving / Michael Downing.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Berkeley, CA : Counterpoint, [2009]Copyright date: ©2009Distributor: Publishers Group WestEdition: Revised edition; New, expanded, and updated editionDescription: xxi, 228 pages ; 21 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781582434957
  • 1582434956
Subject(s):
Contents:
The infinite hour -- The farmer in the dew -- Moon over Miami -- Banking on the Big Apple -- Capitol sports -- Mean time -- Split decisions -- Men of the hour -- Out of uniform -- Lawmakers and jawbreakers -- Millennial fever -- Overextended.
Summary: "Michael Downing is obsessed with Daylight Saving, a loopy notion that has become the most persistent political controversy in American history. Spring Forward is a true-to-life social comedy with Congress in the leading role, surrounded by a supporting cast of opportunistic ministers, movie moguls, stockbrokers, labor leaders, educators, sports fanatics, and railroad execs. With wit and insight, Downing sifts through a century of information and lets the dizzyingly hilarious debate speak for itself."-- Back cover.
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Books Books Jost Bürgi Library Reading Room HN49.D3 D69 2009 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 31560000011144

Includes bibliographical references (pages 194-213) and index.

The infinite hour -- The farmer in the dew -- Moon over Miami -- Banking on the Big Apple -- Capitol sports -- Mean time -- Split decisions -- Men of the hour -- Out of uniform -- Lawmakers and jawbreakers -- Millennial fever -- Overextended.

"Michael Downing is obsessed with Daylight Saving, a loopy notion that has become the most persistent political controversy in American history. Spring Forward is a true-to-life social comedy with Congress in the leading role, surrounded by a supporting cast of opportunistic ministers, movie moguls, stockbrokers, labor leaders, educators, sports fanatics, and railroad execs. With wit and insight, Downing sifts through a century of information and lets the dizzyingly hilarious debate speak for itself."-- Back cover.

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