Spring forward : the annual madness of daylight saving / Michael Downing.
Spring forward : the annual madness of daylight saving / Michael Downing.
Spring forward : the annual madness of daylight saving / Michael Downing.
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Washington, D.C. : Shoemaker & Hoard, c2005.
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N389.17/2
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English
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p. cm.
Contents
1. The infinite hour -- 2. The farmer in the dew -- 3. Moon over Miami -- 4. Banking on the Big Apple -- 5. Capitol sports -- 6. Mean time -- 7. Split decisions -- 8. Men of the hour -- 9. Out of uniform -- 10. Lawmakers and jawbreakers -- 11. Millennial fever.
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Publisher
Washington, D.C. : Shoemaker & Hoard, c2005.
Place of Publication
District of Columbia
Date Published
c2005.
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"Michael Downing unravels the worldwide confusion occasioned by decades of clock manipulation . But nowhere was the Daylight dilemma more contentious than in the United States. Spring Forward is a portrait of public policy in the 20th century, a perennially boiling stew of unsubstantiated science, profiteering masked as piety and mysteriously shift...
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Spring forward : the annual madness of daylight saving / Michael Downing.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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N389.17/2
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74VKdzVONZLy
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKdzVONZLy
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ISBN
1593760531 (alk. paper)
9781593760533 (alk. paper)
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389.17
MMS ID
991019929629702626
