TY - BOOK ID - 12024613 TI - The mantra of efficiency : from waterwheel to social control PY - 2008 SN - 0801886937 0801893305 9780801893308 9780801886935 PB - Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Technological innovations KW - Industrial efficiency. KW - Science and industry. KW - Industrial efficiency KW - Science and industry KW - Business & Economics KW - Economic History KW - History. KW - History KW - Industry and science KW - Efficiency, Industrial KW - Industries KW - Industrial management KW - E-books UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:12024613 AB - 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. ER -