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Author Adam, Barbara, 1945-

Title Time / Barbara Adam.

Imprint Cambridge, UK ; Malden, MA : Polity, 2004.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe 3rd Floor Stacks  304.237 Ad13t 2004    ---  Available
Description vi, 184 p. ; 22 cm.
Series Key concepts (Polity Press)
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. [166]-176) and index.
Contents What is time? -- Interlude: time is -- Time stories -- Interlude: representations of time -- Time theories I -- Time theories II -- What is the role of time in social life? -- Interlude: time transcendence -- Cultural practices of time transcendence -- In pursuit of time know-how -- The quest for time control.
Subject Time -- Sociological aspects.
Time -- Social aspects.
ISBN 0745627781 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0745627773 (hard : alk. paper)

 
    
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