{"product_id":"2026100007598-secondhand-revolution-in-time-clocks-and-the-making-of-the-modern-world","title":"Revolution In Time: Clocks And The Making Of The Modern World","description":"\u003cp\u003eEdition: repr.,\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good. Jacket: Worn\/faded - no tears. Page Condition: Good. Markings: No markings. Usual shelf-wear. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTime itself became a weapon of modernity, and David S. Landes argues this case with forensic brilliance in Revolution in Time: Clocks and the Making of the Modern World. This landmark work of historical scholarship chronicles the invention and evolution of the mechanical clock, tracing its origins in medieval European monasteries through to the precision timepieces that would come to govern industrial labour, global navigation, and the very rhythms of daily life. Landes presents a sweeping narrative that connects horological innovation to the rise of capitalism, the expansion of empire, and the transformation of human consciousness — illustrating how the measurement of time became inseparable from the exercise of power.\n\nWriting with the authority of a distinguished Harvard economist and historian, Landes fuses technical detail with cultural and economic analysis, producing a text that is as rigorous as it is readable. The scope is genuinely global, drawing comparisons between European, Chinese, and Islamic traditions of timekeeping to argue that the West's particular relationship with the clock was no accident of geography, but a product of culture and ambition. Revolution in Time remains one of the most celebrated works in the history of technology — and its central question, why some societies master time while others are mastered by it, has never been more urgent.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49130587652315,"sku":"2026100007598-SECONDHAND","price":25.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/9ea8cc16-9a9b-4486-a577-5518e8e8ea09.png?v=1786586950","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026100007598-secondhand-revolution-in-time-clocks-and-the-making-of-the-modern-world","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}