The Making of Measure and the Promise of Sameness Lugli Emanuele
The Making of Measure and the Promise of Sameness Lugli Emanuele An interdisciplinary history of standardized measurements.Measurement is all around us--from the circumference of a pizza to the…
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The Making of Measure and the Promise of Sameness Lugli Emanuele
An interdisciplinary history of standardized measurements.Measurement is all around us--from the circumference of a pizza to the square footage of an apartment, from the length of a newborn baby to the number of miles between neighboring towns. Yet, this has not always been the case.This book reaches back to medieval Italy to speak of a time when measurements were displayed in the open, showing how such a deceptively simple innovation triggered a chain of cultural transformations whose consequences are visible today on a global scale. Whether inches or miles, centimeters or kilometers, measures of distance stand at the very foundation of everything we do, so much so that we take them for granted.
Drawing from literary works and frescoes, architectural surveys, and legal compilations, Emanuele Lugli offers a history of material practices widely overlooked by
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