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

Alexander, Jennifer Karns, 1963-
2008
338.06409 A376m 2008
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Title
The mantra of efficiency : from waterwheel to social control / Jennifer Karns Alexander.
Author
Alexander, Jennifer Karns, 1963-
ISBN
9780801886935 (hbk. : alk. paper)
0801886937 (hbk. : alk. paper)
Imprint
Baltimore : The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2008.
Language
English
Description
xvii, 233 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Call Number
338.06409 A376m 2008
System Control No.
(OCoLC)124164348
(OCoLC)124164348
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. [171]-199) and index.
Formatted Contents Note
Introduction: The varieties of efficiency
Static and dynamic efficiency: the waterwheels of Smeaton and the Franklin Institute
The effects of control: Gérard-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.
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