Measures and Men

Witold Kula

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Measures and Men

Witold Kula
Translated by: R. Szreter

Language: English

Published/Copyright: 1986

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Measures and Men, considers times and societies in which weighing and measuring were meaningful parts of everyday life and weapons in class struggles.

Originally published in 1986.

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Mathematics General Mathematics

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

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Seigneur; Bushel; Peasant; Coutume; Metric system; Tax; Tariff; Decree; Demesne; Measurement; Szlachta; Quantity; Commodity; Impossibility; Vassal; Statute; Metrication; Ci-devant; Feudalism; Fraud; Superiority (short story); Partitions of Poland; Ruler; Reprisal; Counting; Decentralization; Consideration; Antithesis; Diktat; Distrust; Economic liberalism; Compromise agreement; Sovereignty; Fair procedure; Fair Deal; Magic square; Bailiwick; Charles the Bald; Impasse; Despotism; Fee tail; Units of measurement; Peaceful coexistence; Corvée; From Time Immemorial; Necessity; Just price; Calculation; Bourgeoisie; Auxiliary sciences of history; Ulrich von Jungingen; Colonialism; Political particularism; Cesare Beccaria; Granary; Spillage; Rambouillet; Wheat; Ottokar; Edict; Arable land; Medieval Latin; Price fixing; Adam Mickiewicz; Hectare; The Other Hand; Market town; Pfennig; Invention; Kilogram

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