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Seeing Like a State by James C. Scott also covers similar themes, on measurement and other societal standardization, although I don't recall that it touched on
by b3morales 5y ago
Seeing Like a State by James C. Scott also covers similar themes, on measurement and other societal standardization, although I don't recall that it touched on timekeeping directly.
- dorchadas 5y agoRevolution in Time by David Landes supposedly (I haven't read it, though it's been on my list for a while) touches on this, and how timekeeping fundamentally changed life and civilization.