The mantra of efficiency: from waterwheel to social control
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Beteilige Person: Alexander, Jennifer Karns (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: Baltimore Johns Hopkins University Press 2008
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Beschreibung: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
Umfang:1 Online-Ressource (xvii, 233 p.)
ISBN:9780801893308
0801893305
9780801886935
0801886937