The mantra of efficiency [electronic resource] : from waterwheel to social control /
Alexander, Jennifer Karns, 1963-
The mantra of efficiency from waterwheel to social control / [electronic resource] : Jennifer Karns Alexander. - Baltimore : The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2008. - xvii, 233 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. - ACLS Humanities E-Book. .
E-Book-ACLS / Zugriff nur im DHI-Lesesaal American Council of Learned Societies/ https://www.humanitiesebook.org/about/
Includes bibliographical references (p. [171]-199) and index.
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.
2027/heb31685 hdl
--History.
Technological innovations Industrial efficiency. Science and industry.
The mantra of efficiency from waterwheel to social control / [electronic resource] : Jennifer Karns Alexander. - Baltimore : The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2008. - xvii, 233 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. - ACLS Humanities E-Book. .
E-Book-ACLS / Zugriff nur im DHI-Lesesaal American Council of Learned Societies/ https://www.humanitiesebook.org/about/
Includes bibliographical references (p. [171]-199) and index.
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.
2027/heb31685 hdl
--History.
Technological innovations Industrial efficiency. Science and industry.