The mantra of efficiency [[electronic resource] ] : from waterwheel to social control / / Jennifer Karns Alexander
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| Autore: |
Alexander Jennifer Karns <1963->
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| Titolo: |
The mantra of efficiency [[electronic resource] ] : from waterwheel to social control / / Jennifer Karns Alexander
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| Pubblicazione: | Baltimore, : Johns Hopkins University Press, c2008 |
| 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. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | The mantra of efficiency |
| ISBN: | 0-8018-9330-5 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910780855403321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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ACLS Humanities E-Book.