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9781593760533

Spring Forward The Annual Madness of Daylight Saving Time

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  • ISBN13:

    9781593760533

  • ISBN10:

    1593760531

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2005-03-03
  • Publisher: Counterpoint
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Summary

This history of Daylight Saving Time covers the century of confusion thatwirls around this odd moment on the annual calendar.

Author Biography

Michael Downing is teaches creative writing at Tufts University and lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts

Table of Contents

Preface xi
1 The Infinite Hour
1(18)
2 The Farmer in the Dew
19(16)
3 Moon over Miami
35(4)
4 Banking on the Big Apple
39(18)
5 Capitol Sports
57(14)
6 Mean Time
71(16)
7 Split Decisions
87(14)
8 Men of the Hour
101(18)
9 Out of Uniform
119(10)
10 Lawmakers and Jawbreakers 129(24)
11 Millennial Fever 153(18)
Acknowledgments and Sources 171(20)
Index 191

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