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050 00 $aHC79.T4$bA443 2008
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100 1 $aAlexander, Jennifer Karns,$d1963-
245 14 $aThe mantra of efficiency :$bfrom waterwheel to social control /$cJennifer Karns Alexander.
260 $aBaltimore :$bThe Johns Hopkins University Press,$c2008.
300 $axvii, 233 p. :$bill. ;$c24 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [171]-199) and index.
505 0 $aIntroduction: 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.
650 0 $aTechnological innovations$xHistory.
650 0 $aIndustrial efficiency.
650 0 $aScience and industry.
730 0 $aProject Muse UPCC books$5net
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