Entrée principale:

Satoh, Akira.

Titre et auteur:

Building in Britain : the origins of a modern industry / Akira Satoh ; English edition by Ralph Morton.

Publication:

Aldershot, England : Scholar Press ; Brookfield, Vt., USA : Ashgate Pub. Co., ©1995.

Description:

xviii, 316 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 306-311) and index.
1. The Decline of the Medieval System of Building Production -- 2. The Spread of the Fixed Price Contract and the Single Contractor -- 3. The First General Contractors -- 4. New Modes of Organization -- New Breeds of Men -- 5. The Working of Stone -- 6. The Working of Wood -- 7. Brick Manufacture -- 8. Components off the Shelf -- 9. Pumps, Mortar Mills and Others -- 10. Machinery for Lifting -- 11. The Modern System: Origins and Causes -- 12. General Contracting and Industrial Capital -- 13. The Significance of the Expanding Means of Production -- 14. Contradictions Buried.
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Dust jacket.

Résumé:

This volume looks at the history of the building industry from the end of the 18th century to the latter half of the 19th century. It examines the rise of general contracting as a system of building procurement, and looks at the technical advances in building.

ISBN:

1859280846
9781859280843

Sujet:

Construction industry Great Britain History.
Building trades Great Britain History.
Architecture Great Britain History.
Construction Industrie Grande-Bretagne Histoire.
Métiers de la construction Grande-Bretagne Histoire.
Architecture Grande-Bretagne Histoire.
Architecture.
Building trades.
Construction industry.
Bouwkunde.
Vernieuwing.
Great Britain.
Construction History

Classification/genre:

History.

Vedettes secondaires:

Morton, Ralph.

Exemplaires:

Localisation: Bibliothèque main 82363
Cote: ID HD9715.G72 S2; ID:95-B2938
Statut: Disponible