Taylored Lives - Narrative Productions in the Age of Taylor, Veblen, and Ford

Scientific management: technology spawned it, Frederick Winslow Taylor championed it, Thorstein Veblen dissected it, Henry Ford implemented it. By the turn of the century, practical visionaries prided themselves on having arrived at "the one best way" both to increase industrial productivity and to regulate human behavior. Martha Banta takes a close look at texts ranging from mail order catalogs and popular romances to the works of Henry Adams and Nathanael West to trace the effects of the efficiency craze on the full fabric of American culture.

Summary

This work examines various texts ranging from mail order catalogues and popular romances to the works of Henry Adams and Nathanael West to trace the effects of the efficiency craze on the full fabric of American culture.

Product details

• Authors: Martha Banta, Banta Martha
• Publisher: University Presses
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.12.1995
• EAN: 9780226037028
• ISBN: 978-0-226-03702-8
• No. of pages: 446
• Dimensions: 15 mm x 23 mm x 3 mm
• Weight: 595 g
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > General, dictionaries; USA, Cultural Studies, SCIENCE / Philosophy & Social Aspects, HISTORY / United States / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Social Aspects, United States of America, USA, Impact of science & technology on society, History of the Americas, Impact of science and technology on society, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Technology Studies