Measures and Men

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