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001 2007018866
003 DLC
005 20081029090349.0
008 070507s2008 mdua b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2007018866
020 $a9780801886935 (hbk. : alk. paper)
020 $a0801886937 (hbk. : alk. paper)
035 $a(OCoLC)ocn124164348
035 $a(OCoLC)124164348
040 $aDLC$cDLC$dDLC
050 00 $aHC79.T4$bA443 2008
082 00 $a338/.06409$222
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.
856 41 $3Table of contents only$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0717/2007018866.html
856 42 $3Contributor biographical information$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0726/2007018866-b.html
856 42 $3Publisher description$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0726/2007018866-d.html