One Time Fits All

Ian R. Bartky is a retired federal government scientist who has written and lectured extensively on numerous aspects of the public's time. He has done analyses for Congress and testified before it on technical issues associated with Daylight Saving Time. His previous book, Selling the True Time: Nineteenth-Century Timekeeping in America, was published by Stanford University Press in 2000.

Contents List of Illustrationsxxx Prefacexxx Acknowledgmentsxxx List of Abbreviationsxxx Introduction1 Part I.Creating a Date Line (15221921) 1.What a Difference a Day Makes000 Part II.Campaigning for Uniform Time (18701925) 2. Choosing an Initial Meridian000 3.Enter Two Innovators000 4.Ventilating the Issues000 5.North America and Rome000 6.Washington and London and Beyond000 7.Altering the Astronomical Day000 8.Partitioning the World's Time000 9.The French Take the Lead000 Part III.Employing Clock Time as a Social Instrument (18831927) 10.Advancing Sunset, Saving Daylight000 11.Changing Time, Gaining Daylight000 Epilogue: The Present000 Notes000 Bibliography000 Index000