Clocks and Culture

1300-1700

By: Carlo M. Cipolla

how did a time-keeping device affect the growth of crafts guilds and the scientific research that led to the industrial revolution? clocks and culture is a brief history of the changes wrought by and on europe over four hundred years due to technological advances in timekeeping and the rise of a time-aware culture. in his introduction, anthony grafton, henry putnam university professor of history...