Mastered by the Clock: Time, Slavery, and Freedom in the American SouthUniv of North Carolina Press, 1997 - 303 páginas Mastered by the Clock is the first work to explore the evolution of clock-based time consciousness in the American South. Challenging traditional assumptions about the plantation economy's reliance on a premodern, nature-based conception of time, M |
Contenido
Times Democratic Clocks Watches Makers and Owners 17001900 | 17 |
Taming Times Pinions Weaving Times Web Of Times Natural Sacred and Secular 17001900 | 39 |
Apostles of Progress Agents of Times Consolidating Time Consciousness in the South 17501865 | 69 |
Master Time 17501865 | 93 |
Time in African American Work and Culture | 129 |
New South Old Time | 153 |
Epilogue | 175 |
Appendix | 183 |
Notes | 209 |
Bibliography | 257 |
Index | 291 |
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Mastered by the Clock: Time, Slavery, and Freedom in the American South Mark M. Smith Vista previa limitada - 2000 |
Mastered by the Clock: Time, Slavery, and Freedom in the American South Mark Michael Smith Sin vista previa disponible - 1997 |
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