The Mantra of Efficiency : From Waterwheel to Social Control

Intro -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: The Varieties of Efficiency -- 1 Static and Dynamic Efficiency: The Waterwheels of Smeaton and the Franklin Institute -- 2 The Effects of Control: Gérard-Joseph Christian and Perfected Machines -- 3 Economy of Nature: Darwin, Marshall, and the Costs of Efficiency -- 4 Balance and Transformation: Technical and Popular Efficiency in the Progressive Era United States -- 5 An Island of Mechanical Predictability: Efficient Worker Seating in Late Weimar Germany -- 6 Pride in Efficiency: The Dispute over Time on the Cross -- 7 Global Efficiency: An Enduring Industrial Value in a Postindustrial World -- Conclusion: The Future of Efficiency -- Notes -- Bibliographic Essay -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Z.