10. Systems of Division and Grouping (Mnemotechnics)

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Translator's Note vii
4. Glossary ix
5. Part One
6. 1. The Representational and Functional Character of Past Measures 3
7. 2. Realistic and Symbolic Conceptions of Measures and Measuring 9
8. 3. Beliefs Associated with Measures and Measuring 13
9. 4. Measures as an Attribute of Authority 18
10. 5. Man as the Measure of All Things (Anthropometric Measures) 24
11. 6. How was Land Measured? (Agrarian Measures 29
12. 7. How was Grain Measured? 43
13. 8. How was Bread Measured? 71
14. 9. Standards and the Guarantees of their Immutability 79
15. 10. Systems of Division and Grouping (Mnemotechnics) 82
16. 11. The Magnitude of the Measure and the Value of the Substance Measured 87
17. 12. The History of Historical Metrology 90
18. 13. Historical Metrology as a Branch of the Study of History 94
19. 14. The Functions of Measures in the Pre-capitalist Commodity and Credit Markets 102
20. 15. The Inertia of Measures and their Variability 111
21. 16. The Tendencies towards Standardization 114
22. 17. Social Conditions and the Emergence of Conventional Measures 120
23. Part Two
24. 18. Class Struggle in the Polish Countryside from the Sixteenth to the Eighteenth Century 127
25. 19. The Struggle of the Nobility with the Bourgeoisie in the Urban Market 147
26. 20. The History of the Standardization of Measures in Poland from the Sixteenth to the Twentieth Century (Summary) 156
27. Part Three
28. 21. Attempts to Standardize Measures in France from 789 to 1789 and their Failure 161
29. 22. "One King, One Law, One Weight, One Measure!" 185
30. 23. "One of the Blessings of the Revolution" 228
31. Part Four
32. 24. "For All People, for All Time!" 267
33. Notes 289
34. Bibliography 339
35. Index 375