Book of Hours

Name: Book of Hours
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ISBN: 9781585679836

ISBN-10: 1585679836

ISBN-13: 9781585679836

Edition: 2007

Authors: Kevin Jackson

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Throughout history, most people have lived by the celestial clock of night and day, and by the biological clock of hunger and thirst. Alongside civilization developed the astonishing idea that the day might be divided and subdivided into regular units of time, each with their appropriate behaviors and endeavors. Since the monastic era in the West, this organization by hours has become so entrenched that time as we perceive it has come almost to seem uncaused, a fact of nature. Now Kevin Jackson restores its strangeness and richness. From the structure of the working day to the imposition of curfews, from the scheduling of public events to the content of etiquette, in a manner no less…

Book details

List price: $20.00
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: Abrams, Inc.
Publication date: 9/6/2007
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 224
Size: 8.00" wide x 5.50" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.638
Language: English