The Mantra of Efficiency Michael S. Cummings But there is no need

But there is no need to feel intimidated

In her ethnographic case study of La Ciénaga—a rural community on the edge of an important ecological preserve and national park in the Dominican Republic—Carruyo argues that Dominican economic development has rested its legitimacy on rescuing peasants from their own subsistence practices so that they may serve the nation as "productive citizens

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the relationship of the urban economy to the region

The inclusion of real-world data and a host of health-related examples should make this an ideal core text for any introductory statistics course in the field

The Mantra of Efficiency Michael S. Cummings But there is no needEfficiencyassociated with individual discipline, superior management, and increased profits or productivityoften 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