One time fits all : the campaigns for global uniformity / Ian R. Bartky.

Creating a date line (1522-1921)
What a difference a day makes
Campaigning for uniform time (1870-1925)
Choosing an initial meridian
Enter two innovators
Ventilating the issues
North America and Rome
Washington and London and beyond
Altering the astronomical day
Partitioning the world's time
The French take the lead
Employing clock time as a social instrument (1883-1927)
Advancing sunset, saving daylight
Changing time, gaining daylight
Epilogue: the present.