The mantra of efficiency : from waterwheel to social control

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

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Alexander, Jennifer Karns, 1963-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2008.
Subjects:
Technological innovations > History.
Industrial efficiency.
Science and industry.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Industrial Technology.
Industrial efficiency
Science and industry
Technological innovations
Efficiëntie.
Industriële maatschappij.
History
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Table of Contents:
  • 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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