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ERIC Number: EJ638301
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2000
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ISSN: ISSN-0018-2745
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The Times They Are A-Changing: The Influence of Railroad Technology on the Adoption of Standard Time Zones in 1883.
Allen, Nathaniel
History Teacher, v33 n2 p241-56 Feb 2000
Presents the story of the role railroad technology had in the adoption of Standard Time Zones in 1883 and also considers the influence of astronomers at the time. Includes the map of the standard railway time used by W. F. Allen and an annotated bibliography with primary and secondary sources. (CMK)
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Astronomy, Essays, Primary Sources, Rail Transportation, Secondary Education, Social Change, Social History, Social Studies, Student Research, Time, United States History
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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