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1 online resource (xvii, 233 pages) : illustrations |
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polychrome |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 171-199) and index. |
| 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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Technological innovations -- History.
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Technological innovations. |
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History. |
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Industrial efficiency.
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Industrial efficiency. |
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Science and industry.
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Science and industry. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Alexander, Jennifer Karns, 1963- Mantra of efficiency. Baltimore : The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2008 9780801886935 (DLC) 2007018866 (OCoLC)124164348 |
| ISBN |
9780801893308 (electronic book) |
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0801893305 (electronic book) |
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9780801886935 |
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0801886937 |
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