Empires of time : calendars, clocks, and cultures

Humanity has always felt a powerful need to impose scale and order on that most elusive and transient of elements: time. But what ends do our clocks and calenders really serve? Traces The Roots Of Our Modern Timekeeping System And Compares It With Those Of Tribal Societies. Sensing And Marking Time -- The Imposition Of Order -- Thier Time : Following The Order Ofthe Skies -- A World Of Time. Anthony F. Aveni. Includes Index. Bibliography: P. 343-358.