Modernism and the culture of efficiency : ideology and fiction / / Evelyn Cobley |
Autore | Cobley Evelyn |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 2009 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (355 p.) |
Disciplina | 306.4/6 |
Soggetto topico |
Modernism (Literature)
Industrial efficiency - Social aspects Technological innovations - Social aspects English fiction - 20th century - History and criticism Technology in literature |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN | 1-4426-9743-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- PART ONE. The Culture of Efficiency in Society -- 1. Efficiency and the Great Exhibition of 1851: Elation and Doubt -- 2. Efficient Machines and Docile Bodies: Henry Ford and F.W. Taylor -- 3. An Experiment in (In)Efficient Organization and Social Engineering: Auschwitz -- 4. Efficiency and Disciplinary Power: The Iron Cage and the Suburb -- PART TWO. The Culture of Efficiency in Fiction -- 5. Efficiency and Population Control: Wells, Shaw, Orwell, Forster -- 6. 'Criminal' Efficiency: Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness -- 7. Efficient Management: D.H. Lawrence's Women in Love -- 8. Efficiency and Perverse Outcomes: Ford Madox Ford's The Good Soldier -- 9. Efficiency and Its Alternatives: E.M. Forster's Howards End -- 10. Efficiency and the Perfect Society: Aldous Huxley's Brave New World -- Notes -- Works Cited -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910458200803321 |
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Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 2009 | ||
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Modernism and the culture of efficiency : ideology and fiction / / Evelyn Cobley |
Autore | Cobley Evelyn |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 2009 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (355 p.) |
Disciplina | 306.4/6 |
Soggetto topico |
Modernism (Literature)
Industrial efficiency - Social aspects Technological innovations - Social aspects English fiction - 20th century - History and criticism Technology in literature |
Soggetto genere / forma |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books. |
ISBN | 1-4426-9743-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Efficiency and the Great Exhibition of 1851 : elation and doubt -- Efficient machines and docile bodies : Henry Ford and F.W. Taylor -- An experiment in (in)efficient organization and social engineering : Auschwitz -- Efficiency and disciplinary power : the iron cage and the suburb -- Efficiency and population control : Wells, Shaw, Orwell, Forster -- "Criminal" efficiency : Joseph Conrad's Heart of darkness -- Efficient management : D.H. Lawrence's Women in love -- Efficiency and perverse outcomes : Ford Madox Ford's The good soldier -- Efficiency and its alternatives : E.M. Forster's Howards end -- Efficiency and the perfect society : Aldous Huxley's Brave new world. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910791549503321 |
Cobley Evelyn
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Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 2009 | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Modernism and the culture of efficiency : ideology and fiction / / Evelyn Cobley |
Autore | Cobley Evelyn |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 2009 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (355 p.) |
Disciplina | 306.4/6 |
Soggetto topico |
Modernism (Literature)
Industrial efficiency - Social aspects Technological innovations - Social aspects English fiction - 20th century - History and criticism Technology in literature |
Soggetto genere / forma |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books. |
ISBN | 1-4426-9743-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Efficiency and the Great Exhibition of 1851 : elation and doubt -- Efficient machines and docile bodies : Henry Ford and F.W. Taylor -- An experiment in (in)efficient organization and social engineering : Auschwitz -- Efficiency and disciplinary power : the iron cage and the suburb -- Efficiency and population control : Wells, Shaw, Orwell, Forster -- "Criminal" efficiency : Joseph Conrad's Heart of darkness -- Efficient management : D.H. Lawrence's Women in love -- Efficiency and perverse outcomes : Ford Madox Ford's The good soldier -- Efficiency and its alternatives : E.M. Forster's Howards end -- Efficiency and the perfect society : Aldous Huxley's Brave new world. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910814234903321 |
Cobley Evelyn
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Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 2009 | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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