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Media type:
Book
Title:
The mantra of efficiency
:
from waterwheel to social control
Contains:
Introduction: The varieties of efficiencyStatic 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.
Footnote:
Includes bibliographical references (S. [171]-199) and index. - Formerly CIP
Description:
Introduction. The varieties of efficiency -- Static and dynamic efficiency: the waterwheels of Smeaton and the Franklin institute -- The effects of control: Grard-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 US -- 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 post-industrial world -- Conclusion: the future of efficiency -- Notes -- Bibliographic essay -- Index