The Seven Day Circle: The History and Meaning of the Week

by Eviatar Zerubavel

Book Overview

"Days, months, and years were given to us by nature, but we invented the week for ourselves. There is nothing inevitable about a seven-day cycle, or about any other kind of week; it represents an... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0029346800
• ISBN13: 9780029346808
• Release Date: May 1985
• Publisher: Free Press
• Length: 206 Pages
• Weight: 1.24 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 7.0" x 9.7"