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200 14$aThe mantra of efficiency $efrom waterwheel to social control /$fJennifer Karns Alexander
205   $a1st ed.
210   $aBaltimore $cJohns Hopkins University Press$dc2008
215   $a1 online resource (xvii, 233 p. )$cill. ;
300   $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
311   $a0-8018-8693-7 
320   $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [201]-199) and index.
327   $aIntroduction: 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.
330   $aSix historical case studies--two from Britain, one each from France and Germany, and two from the United States--illustrate the concept's fascinating development and provide context for the meanings of, and uses for, efficiency today and in the future.
410  0$aACLS Humanities E-Book.
606   $aTechnological innovations$xHistory
606   $aIndustrial efficiency
606   $aScience and industry
615  0$aTechnological innovations$xHistory.
615  0$aIndustrial efficiency.
615  0$aScience and industry.
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