The mantra of efficiency : from waterwheel to social control /

"Efficiency - associated with individual discipline, superior management, and increased profits or productivity - often counts as one of the highest virtues in Western culture. But what does it mean, exactly, to be efficient? How did this concept evolve from a means for evaluating simple machin...

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Main Author: Alexander, Jennifer Karns, 1963-
Corporate Author: John G. Hartman Memorial Library Fund
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2008
Baltimore : The Johns Hopkins University Press, c2008
Baltimore : 2008
Baltimore : 2008
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