TY - GEN AU - Adam, Barbara TI - Time SN - 9780745627779 U1 - 304.23 PY - 2004/// CY - Cambridge PB - Polity Press KW - Social science KW - Time - Sociological aspects KW - Time - Social aspects N2 - In this lively introduction, Barbara Adam explores the changing ways in which time has been understood and how this knowledge is embedded in cultural practices. She takes the reader on a journey of discovery that extends from ancient mythology and classical philosophy to the contemporary social world of high-speed computer networks and globalized social relations ER -