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The mantra of efficiency : from waterwheel to social control / / Jennifer Karns Alexander



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Autore: Alexander Jennifer Karns <1963-> Visualizza persona
Titolo: The mantra of efficiency : from waterwheel to social control / / Jennifer Karns Alexander Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Baltimore, : Johns Hopkins University Press, c2008
Edizione: 1st ed.
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xvii, 233 p. ) : ill. ;
Disciplina: 338/.06409
Soggetto topico: Technological innovations - History
Industrial efficiency
Science and industry
Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [201]-199) and index.
Nota di contenuto: 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.
Sommario/riassunto: 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.
Titolo autorizzato: The mantra of efficiency  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 0-8018-9330-5
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 996247976803316
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Serie: ACLS Humanities E-Book.