{"product_id":"marking-modern-times-a-history-of-clocks-watches-and-other-timekeepers-in-american-life-paperback","title":"Marking Modern Times: A History of Clocks, Watches, and Other Timekeepers in American Life - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAlexis McCrossen\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe public spaces and buildings of the United States are home to many thousands of timepieces-bells, time balls, and clock faces-that tower over urban streets, peek out from lobbies, and gleam in store windows. And in the streets and squares beneath them, men, women, and children wear wristwatches of all kinds. Americans have decorated their homes with clocks and included them in their poetry, sermons, stories, and songs. And as political instruments, social tools, and cultural symbols, these personal and public timekeepers have enjoyed a broad currency in art, life, and culture.\u003cbr\u003e In \u003ci\u003eMarking Modern Times\u003c\/i\u003e, Alexis McCrossen relates how the American preoccupation with time led people from across social classes to acquire watches and clocks. While noting the difficulties in regulating and synchronizing so many timepieces, McCrossen expands our understanding of the development of modern time discipline, delving into the ways we have standardized time and describing how timekeepers have served as political, social, and cultural tools in a society that doesn't merely value time but regards access to time as a natural-born right, a privilege of being an American.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlexis McCrossen\u003c\/b\u003e is professor of history at Southern Methodist University in Dallas. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eHoly Day, Holiday: The American Sunday\u003c\/i\u003e and the editor of \u003ci\u003eLand of Necessity: Consumer Culture in the United States-Mexico Borderlands\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 271\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.57 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 05, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45260250251366,"sku":"9780226379685","price":58.57,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/YVhQRnRLcWVrLzBHNjZWQjVVWHQzdz09.webp?v=1773878485","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/marking-modern-times-a-history-of-clocks-watches-and-other-timekeepers-in-american-life-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}