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The mantra of efficiency: from waterwheel to social control
Jennifer Karns Alexander
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Frontmatter
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List of Illustrations (page ix)
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Preface (page xi)
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Acknowledgments (page xv)
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Introduction: The Varieties of Efficiency (page 1)
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I Static and Dynamic Efficiency: The Waterwheels of Smeaton and the Franklin Institute (page 15)
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2 The Effects of Control: Gérard-Joseph Christian and Perfected Machines (page 33)
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3 Economy of Nature: Darwin, Marshall, and the Costs of Efficiency (page 52)
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4 Balance and Transformation: Technical and Popular Efficiency in the Progressive Era United States (page 76)
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5 An Island of Mechanical Predictability: Efficient Worker Seating in Late Weimar Germany (page 101)
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6 Pride in Efficiency: The Dispute over Time on the Cross (page 126)
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7 Global Efficiency: An Enduring Industrial Value in a Postindustrial World (page 148)
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Conclusion: The Future of Efficiency (page 162)
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Notes (page 171)
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Bibliographic Essay (page 201)
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Index (page 225)
Journal Abbreviation | Label | URL |
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BJHS | 43.3 (Sep. 2010): 505-506 | http://www.jstor.org/stable/40962563 |
BHR | 83.1 (Spring 2009): 185-187 | http://www.jstor.org/stable/40538581 |
JDH | 23.2 (2010): 211-213 | http://www.jstor.org/stable/40801936 |
ISIS | 100.3 (Sep. 2009): 629-630 | http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/649141 |
EnS | 10.1 (Mar. 2009): 216-218 | http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/enterprise_and_society/v010/10.1.hintz.html |
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Published: 2008
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
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