In this Book
Measuring Time, Making History
Book
2008
Published by:
Central European University Press

summary
Time is the crucial ingredient in history, and yet historians rarely talk about time as such. These essays offer new insight into the development of modern conceptions of time, from the Christian dating system (BC/AD or BCE/CE) to the idea of "modernity" as a new epoch in human history.
Table of Contents
Cover
pp. c-ii
Title Page
pp. iii-iii
Copyright page
pp. iv-iv
Contents
pp. v-vi
Preface and Acknowledgments
pp. 1-2
Chapter 1. Is Time Historical?
pp. 3-46
Chapter 2. Modernity and History
pp. 47-92
Chapter 3. Post Times or the Future of the Past
pp. 93-134
Index
pp. 135-140
back cover
pp. bc-bc
ISBN | 9786155211485 |
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Related ISBN(s) | 9789639776142 |
MARC Record | Download |
OCLC | 190822268 |
Pages | 146 |
Launched on MUSE | 2013-01-01 |
Language | English |
Open Access | No |