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Marking Modern Times: A History of Clocks, Watches, and Other Timekeepers in American Life
Alexis McCrossen
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| #1955920 in Books | McCrossen Alexis | 2016-07-05 | 2013-05-01 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 9.00 x.90 x6.00l,.0 | File type: PDF | 271 pages | Marking Modern Times A History of Clocks Watches and Other Timekeepers in American Life||9 of 10 people found the following review helpful.| History and Horology Well Done.|By Robert J. Frishman|Luckily for folks like me whose full-time profession is antique clock restoration, sales and study, timekeeping occasionally captures the attention of academics, curators, and journalists who otherwise do not share my' lifelong passion for clocks and watches. In recent years, I have been happy to read informative and well-||
"How were timepieces in public places employed as symbols of authority by both public and private entities in nineteenth-century America? How did pocket watches and other private timekeeping devices move from a symbol of prestige for the wealthy
The public spaces and buildings of the United States are home to many thousands of timepieces—bells, time balls, and clock faces—that tower over urban streets, peek out from lobbies, and gleam in store windows. And in the streets and squares beneath them, men, women, and children wear wristwatches of all kinds. Americans have decorated their homes with clocks and included them in their poetry, sermons, stories, and songs. And as political instruments, so...
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