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000324875 1001_ $$aAlexander, Jennifer Karns,$$d1963-
000324875 24514 $$aThe mantra of efficiency :$$bfrom waterwheel to social control /$$cJennifer Karns Alexander.
000324875 260__ $$aBaltimore :$$bThe Johns Hopkins University Press,$$c2008.
000324875 300__ $$axvii, 233 p. :$$bill. ;$$c24 cm.
000324875 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [171]-199) and index.
000324875 5050_ $$aIntroduction: The varieties of efficiency -- Static and dynamic efficiency: the waterwheels of Smeaton and the Franklin Institute -- The effects of control: Gérard-Joseph Christian and perfected machines -- Economy of nature: Darwin, Marshall, and the costs of efficiency -- Balance and transformation: technical and popular efficiency in the Progressive Era United States -- An island of mechanical predictability: efficient worker seating in late Weimar Germany -- Pride in efficiency: the dispute over Time on the cross -- Global efficiency: an enduring industrial value in a postindustrial world -- Conclusion: The future of efficiency -- Notes -- Bibliographic essay -- Index.
000324875 650_0 $$aTechnological innovations$$xHistory.
000324875 650_0 $$aIndustrial efficiency.
000324875 650_0 $$aScience and industry.
000324875 85200 $$bgen$$hHC79.T4$$iA443$$i2008
000324875 85641 $$3Table of contents only$$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0717/2007018866.html
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