The history of the clock opens a window on how different cultures have viewed time and on Europe's path to industrialization.

This text provides an overview of the history of the mechanical clock and its effects on European society from the late Middle Ages to the industrial revolution

In Telling Time, Stuart Sherman argues that innovations in prose emerged with this technological breakthrough, enabling authors to recount the new kind of time

First published in 1993. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.