UID:
almafu_9959232816002883
Format:
1 online resource (xvii, 233 p. )
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ill. ;
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
0-8018-9330-5
Series Statement:
ACLS Humanities E-Book.
Content:
Six historical case studies--two from Britain, one each from France and Germany, and two from the United States--illustrate the concept's fascinating development and provide context for the meanings of, and uses for, efficiency today and in the future.
Note:
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
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Introduction: The varieties of efficiency -- Static and dynamic efficiency: the waterwheels of Smeaton and the Franklin Institute -- The effects of control: Gerard-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.
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-8018-8693-7
Language:
English
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