Author: William Fisher LewisPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : America
Languages : en
Pages : 168
Book Description
Rare American History, Being the Library of William Fisher Lewis, Esq
Author: William Fisher LewisPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : America
Languages : en
Pages : 168
Book Description
Bibliography of American Imprints to 1901: Main part
Author: Bibliography of American Imprints to 1901: Subject index
Author: American Bibliography: 1779-1785
Author: Charles EvansPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 468
Book Description
A List of New York Almanacs, 1694-1850
Author: New York Public LibraryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Almanacs
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
Sale
Author: Anderson Galleries, IncPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 916
Book Description
Sale Catalogues
Author: American Art Association, Anderson Galleries (Firm)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 906
Book Description
Sale
Author: American Art Association, Anderson Galleries (Firm)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1362
Book Description
The National Union Catalog, Pre-1956 Imprints
Author: The Week
Author: David M HenkinPublisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300263066
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 287
Book Description
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, an artificial construction of the modern world. With meticulous archival research that draws on a wide array of sources—including newspapers, restaurant menus, theater schedules, marriage records, school curricula, folklore, housekeeping guides, courtroom testimony, and diaries—David Henkin reveals how our current devotion to weekly rhythms emerged in the United States during the first half of the nineteenth century. Reconstructing how weekly patterns insinuated themselves into the social practices and mental habits of Americans, Henkin argues that the week is more than just a regimen of rest days or breaks from work, but a dominant organizational principle of modern society. Ultimately, the seven-day week shapes our understanding and experience of time.