Marking Modern Times: A History of Clocks, Watches, and Other Timekeepers in American Life by Alexis McCrossen

Marking Modern Times: A History of Clocks, Watches, and Other Timekeepers in American Life

Alexis McCrossen

272 pages first pub 2013 (editions)

nonfiction history science challenging informative reflective medium-paced
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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 benea...

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