The week : a history of the unnatural rhythms that made us who we are / David M Henkin.
The week : a history of the unnatural rhythms that made us who we are / David M Henkin.
The week : a history of the unnatural rhythms that made us who we are / David M Henkin.
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Publisher
New Haven : Yale University Press [2021]
Call Numbers
G 2021/2853
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Language
English
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Physical content
xix, 264 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Content type
text
still image
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
A people of the week -- Our appointed times: the rise of the modern week -- Does anybody really know what time it is? -- Preserving the modern week -- Epilogue. At week's end?
Publication information
Publisher
New Haven : Yale University Press [2021]
Place of Publication
Connecticut
Date Published
[2021]
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Summary
"An investigation into the evolution of the seven-day week and how our attachment to its rhythms influences how we live. We take the seven-day week for granted, rarely asking what anchors it or what it does to us. Yet weeks are not dictated by the natural order. They are, in fact, entirely artificial -- a quintessentially modern cycle with an ancie...
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Full title
The week : a history of the unnatural rhythms that made us who we are / David M Henkin.
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Includes bibliographic references and index.
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Date Copyright
©2021
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Call Numbers
G 2021/2853
Record Identifier
74VKarMNX4Ml
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKarMNX4Ml
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ISBN
0300257325
9780300257328
DDC
529.2
MMS ID
991024441624702626
