The mantra of efficiency : from waterwheel to social control / Jennifer Karns Alexander. [electronic resource] :
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TextSprache: Englisch Reihen: ACLS Humanities E-BookBaltimore : The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2008Beschreibung: xvii, 233 p. : ill. ; 24 cmInhaltstyp: Text Medientyp: Computermedien Datenträgertyp: Online RessourceSchlagwörter: -- History | Technological innovations | Industrial efficiency | Science and industryOnline-Ressourcen: Volltext | Medientyp | Aktuelle Bibliothek | Signatur | Status | Barcode | |
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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.
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