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Autore |
Alexander Jennifer Karns <1963-> |
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The mantra of efficiency : from waterwheel to social control / / Jennifer Karns Alexander |
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Baltimore, : Johns Hopkins University Press, c2008 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (xvii, 233 p. ) : ill. ; |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Technological innovations - History |
Industrial efficiency |
Science and industry |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [201]-199) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Introduction: The varieties of efficiency -- Static and dynamic efficiency: the waterwheels of Smeaton and the Franklin Institute -- The effects of control: Gerard-Joseph Christian and perfected machines -- Economy of nature: Darwin, Marshall, and the costs of efficiency -- Balance and transformation: technical and popular efficiency in the Progressive Era United States -- An island of mechanical predictability: efficient worker seating in late Weimar Germany -- Pride in efficiency: the dispute over Time on the cross -- Global efficiency: an enduring industrial value in a postindustrial world -- Conclusion: The future of efficiency -- Notes -- Bibliographic essay -- Index. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Six historical case studies--two from Britain, one each from France and Germany, and two from the United States--illustrate the concept's fascinating development and provide context for the meanings of, and uses for, efficiency today and in the future. |
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