Zero Degrees Geographies of the Prime Meridian / [online] :
Charles W. J. Withers
- Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, 2017
- 1 resursă online (336 p.)
Frontmatter Contents Maps and illustrations Prologue Introduction Part I. Geographical confusion 1. “Absurd Vanity” 2. Declarations of Independence PART II. Global unity? 3. International Standards? 4. Globalizing Space and Time 5. Greenwich Ascendant Part III. Geographical afterlives 6. Washington’s “Afterlife” 7. Ruling Space, Fixing Time Notes Acknowledgments Index