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Health & efficiency : fatigue, the science of work, and the making of the working-class body / Steffan Blayney.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Blayney, Steffan, author.
- Series:
- Activist studies of science & technology
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Fatigue--Great Britain--History.
- Fatigue.
- Labor productivity--Great Britain--History.
- Labor productivity.
- Industrial hygiene--Great Britain--History.
- Industrial hygiene.
- Work--Physiological aspects.
- Work.
- Work--Psychological aspects.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (ix, 245 pages) : illustrations.
- Other Title:
- Health and efficiency
- Place of Publication:
- Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, [2022]
- Contents:
- The discovery of fatigue
- Industrial physiology and the productive body
- Industrial psychology and the human factor
- The market in efficiency
- The worker's voice.
- Notes:
- Revised version of author's thesis (doctoral)--University of London, 2017, titled Health & efficiency : fatigue, the science of work and the working body in Britain, c.1870-1939.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on June 27, 2022).
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Blayney, Steffan. Health and efficiency
- ISBN:
- 9781613769270
- 161376927X
- Publisher Number:
- 40031183688
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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