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Author : Anita Schorsch
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 1981
Category : Clocks and watches
ISBN : 0446979724
Author : Marvin D. Schwartz
Publisher : Doubleday Books
Page : 175 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 1975-01-01
Category : Clock and watch makers
ISBN : 0385029225
Author : Thomas M. Allen
Publisher : Univ of North Carolina Press
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2008-02-25
Category : History
ISBN : 9780807868171
The development of the American nation has typically been interpreted in terms of its expansion through space, specifically its growth westward. In this innovative study, Thomas Allen posits time, not space, as the most significant territory of the young nation. He argues that beginning in the nineteenth century, the actual geography of the nation became less important, as Americans imagined the future as their true national territory. Allen explores how transformations in the perception of time shaped American conceptions of democratic society and modern nationhood. He focuses on three ways of imagining time: the romantic historical time that prevailed at the outset of the nineteenth century, the geological "deep time" that arose as widely read scientific works displaced biblical chronology with a new scale of millions of years of natural history, and the technology-driven "clock time" that became central to American culture by century's end. Allen analyzes cultural artifacts ranging from clocks and scientific treatises to paintings and literary narratives to show how Americans made use of these diverse ideas about time to create competing visions of American nationhood.
Author : Max Marmor,Alex Ross
Publisher : ALA Editions
Page : 928 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : UOM:39015059205909
"This bibliography supplements the greatest of modern art bibliographies, Etta Arntzen and Robert Rainwater's Guide to the literature of art history (ALA, 1980)"--Preface.
Author : Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.),Morrison H. Heckscher
Publisher : Metropolitan Museum of Art
Page : 385 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : Furniture
ISBN : 9780870994272
This publication documents The Metropolitan Museum of Art's collection of early colonial furniture and presents a broad spectrum of furniture forms made in America during the 17th and early 18th centuries, including chairs and other seating, tables, boxes, various types of chests and cupboards, dressing tables, and desks. The volume also includes prime examples of the different modes of ornamentation in fashion during that period. Over 140 objects are thoroughly described, with detailed information given on each one's construction, condition, dimensions, materials, and inscriptions and other marks, as well as provenance and exhibition history. Every object is explained in terms of the styles and craftsmanship of the period and evaluated in light of comparative pieces in public and private collections throughout the country. Also included is one appendix containing photographic details of construction and decorative elements, and another with line drawings explaining furniture terms and showing various types of joints and moldings. This is the first volume in a series of two that is dedicated to American furniture in the Museum. -- Metropolitan Museum of Art website.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 642 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 1982
Category : Libraries
ISBN : UCSC:32106021024762
Author : Michael O'Malley
Publisher : Smithsonian Books (DC)
Page : 408 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 1996-04-17
Category : Time
ISBN : UCSC:32106016966415
Focusing on the period from 1820 to 1920, Keeping Watch details the far-reaching changes in American society brought about by the transition from natural to mechanical sources of time -- from farmers' almanacs and religious formulations of time to regional time zones, synchronized watches, and factory punch clocks. Michael O'Malley show how the pressures of industrialization, the emergence of the telegraph, and the spread of railroads led to a demand for uniform, consistent schedules. Chronicling particular communities' resistance to standard time and, later, daylight saving time, Keeping Watch also examines the cut-and-paste manipulation of "real time" in motion pictures. The cumulative impact of these technological changes, O'Malley argues, was momentous, creating a harsher ethic of punctuality and an unprecedented degree of labor regimentation. Book jacket.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 572 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 1982
Category : United States
ISBN : WISC:89058325739
Author : Derek Roberts
Publisher : Booksales
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN : 1555217788
Introduces major clock types, describing the history of the designs and mechanical innovations.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 1982
Category : Clocks and watches
ISBN : CHI:59242098
Author : Harry L. Rinker
Publisher : Warman Publishing Company
Page : 740 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 1986-05
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN : 0911594094
Author : Library of Congress
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1016 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 1981
Category : Subject catalogs
ISBN : STANFORD:36105211445890
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 670 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Clocks and watches
ISBN : CHI:81512561
Author : Robert W. Swedberg,Harriett Swedberg
Publisher : Wallace-Homestead Book Company
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN : STANFORD:36105028895071
This price guide features more than 600 photos of antique clocks with current values, plus collecting tips and historical information that will aid both beginning and veteran clock collectors.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1132 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 1984
Category : Jewelry trade
ISBN : UOM:35128001585619
