Introduction : our time, and theirs
I. Sensing and marking time
Tracking down the sense of time
A multitude of inner rhythms
II. Our time : the imposition of order
The smallest units of time
The months and their politics
4. The year and its accumulation in history
Long-time reckoning and great years
Today's empire of the clock
III. Their time : following the order of the skies
5. Tribal societies and lunar-social time
6. The interlocking calendars of the Maya
Introduction : three American empires
The Maya and the body count
Characteristics of Maya timekeeping
7. The Aztecs and the Sun
Restructuring time to legitimize Aztec rule
8. The Incas and their orientation calendar
9. Eastern standard : time reckoning in China
The Chinese world view and sense of history
10. Building on the basic rhythms
The linearization of time
