Clocks and Culture 1300-1700

The history of the clock opens a window on how different cultures have viewed time and on Europe''s path to industrialization. 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 at Princeton University puts this classic book in perspective. 14 b/w illustrations