It takes the average reader 3 hours and 55 minutes to read The Mantra of Efficiency by Jennifer Karns Alexander
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
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 machines to the mantra of progress and a prerequisite for success? In this provocative and ambitious study, Jennifer Karns Alexander explores the growing power of efficiency in the post-industrial West. Examining the ways the concept has appeared in modern history—from a benign measure of the thermal economy of a...
The Mantra of Efficiency by Jennifer Karns Alexander is 233 pages long, and a total of 58,949 words.
This makes it 79% the length of the average book. It also has 72% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 5 hours and 22 minutes to read The Mantra of Efficiency aloud.
The Mantra of Efficiency is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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