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Autore: | Alexander Jennifer Karns <1963-> |
Titolo: | The mantra of efficiency : from waterwheel to social control / / Jennifer Karns Alexander |
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 |
ISBN: | 0-8018-9330-5 |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 996247976803316 |
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