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List of Illustrations ix
Preface xiii
Acknowledgments xvii
List of Abbreviations xxiii
Introduction 1
Creating a Date Line (1522-1921)
What a Difference a Day Makes 9
Campaigning for Uniform Time (1870-1925)
Choosing an Initial Meridian 35
Enter Two Innovators 48
Ventilating the Issues 59
North America and Rome 68
Washington and London and Beyond 82
Altering the Astronomical Day 100
Partitioning the World's Time 120
The French Take the Lead 138
Employing Clock Time as a Social Instrument (1883-1927)
Advancing Sunset, Saving Daylight 161
Changing Time, Gaining Daylight 184
Epilogue: The Present 201
Notes 211
Bibliography 257
Index 283
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