02826nam 2200625Ia 450 99624797680331620240416174112.00-8018-9330-52027/heb31685(CKB)2520000000007571(dli)HEB31685(SSID)ssj0000340105(PQKBManifestationID)11233218(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000340105(PQKBWorkID)10387172(PQKB)10644472(MiAaPQ)EBC3318435(OCoLC)550604785(MdBmJHUP)muse2639(Au-PeEL)EBL3318435(CaPaEBR)ebr10363149(OCoLC)923194174(MiU)MIU01000000000000012937905(EXLCZ)99252000000000757120070507d2008 uy 0engurmnummmmuuuutxtccrThe mantra of efficiency from waterwheel to social control /Jennifer Karns Alexander1st ed.Baltimore Johns Hopkins University Pressc20081 online resource (xvii, 233 p. )ill. ;Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-8018-8693-7 Includes bibliographical references (p. [201]-199) and index.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.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.ACLS Humanities E-Book.Technological innovationsHistoryIndustrial efficiencyScience and industryTechnological innovationsHistory.Industrial efficiency.Science and industry.338/.06409Alexander Jennifer Karns1963-928081MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK996247976803316The mantra of efficiency2085666UNISA