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

• Autore: Alexander Jennifer Karns <1963->
• 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.: 9910972737803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: ACLS Humanities E-Book.