books.google.com - The development of increasingly precise measurements is an essential part of what Samuel L. Macey identifies as the West's wide-ranging effort to rationalize human activity—to simplify and standardize the way we work and communicate with one another. In The Dynamics of Progress, Macey examines the...http://books.google.com/books/about/The_Dynamics_of_Progress_Time_Method_and.html?id=xlzCWmXguwsC&utm_source=gb-gplus-shareThe Dynamics of Progress: Time, Method, and Measure
