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A Wealth of Buildings: Marking the Rhythm of English History = Volume II: 1688–Present /

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正題名/作者:	A Wealth of Buildings: Marking the Rhythm of English History/ by Richard Barras.
其他題名:	Volume II: 1688–Present /
作者:	Barras, Richard.
面頁冊數:	XXVI, 431 p. 49 illus., 18 illus. in color.online resource. :
Contained By:	Springer Nature eBook
標題:	Schools of economics. -
電子資源:	https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-349-94980-9
ISBN:	9781349949809

A Wealth of Buildings: Marking the Rhythm of English History = Volume II: 1688–Present /
Barras, Richard.

A Wealth of Buildings: Marking the Rhythm of English HistoryVolume II: 1688–Present /[electronic resource] :by Richard Barras. - 1st ed. 2016. - XXVI, 431 p. 49 illus., 18 illus. in color.online resource.

6. Landed Supremacy -- 7. Industrial Revolution -- 8. Financial Hegemony -- 9. Hegemonic Building.

This two-volume book explores how the great buildings of England bear witness to a thousand years of the nation’s history. In every age, investment in iconic buildings reaches a climax when the prevailing mode of production is operating most effectively, surplus wealth is most plentiful, and the dominant class rules supreme. During such periods of stability and prosperity, the demand for new buildings is strong, structural and stylistic innovations abound, and there is fierce competition to build for lasting fame. Each such climax produces a unique vintage of buildings that are an expression of cultural hegemony. They are monuments to the wealth and power of those who ruled their world. This second volume presents three case studies of iconic building investment from the eighteenth century to the present day. During the eighteenth century the wealth of the great landed estates funded the golden age of country house building by aristocracy and gentry. During the nineteenth century the Industrial Revolution unleashed an unprecedented wave of infrastructure investment and civic building by the ascendant capitalist class. Since the late twentieth century the power of global financial capital has been symbolized by the relentless rise of city centre office towers. A final chapter argues that these different forms of hegemonic building are a physical manifestation of the underlying rhythm of English history.

ISBN: 9781349949809

Standard No.: 10.1057/978-1-349-94980-9doiSubjects--Topical Terms:

1259436
Schools of economics.

LC Class. No.: HB90-99.722

Dewey Class. No.: 330.15

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