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Empires of Time Calendars, Clocks, and Cultures

Anthony F. Aveni

Aveni (astronomy and anthropology, Colgate) traces the development of Western timekeeping systems, comparing it to those of pre-Columbian America and of tribal societies. Discusses linear and cyclic approaches, and the relationship between timekeeping and political power. Annotation copyright Book N...

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It was mentioned that Tony Aveni had written a previous book, 'Empires of Time', which also discussed timekeeping and its impact on culture.

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I've devoted a section of my earlier book Empires of Time to that discussion and I'm just quite taken with this obsession that western culture has with time I started out by talking about the Roman ca...

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It was mentioned that Tony Aveni had written a previous book, 'Empires of Time', which also discussed timekeeping and its impact on culture.

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I've devoted a section of my earlier book Empires of Time to that discussion and I'm just quite taken with this obsession that western culture has with time I started out by talking about the Roman calendar and of course before that

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