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Building in Britain
Akira SatohRalph Morton
其他書名
The Origins of a Modern Industry
出版Scholar Press, 1995
主題Architecture / History / GeneralArchitecture / RegionalBusiness & Economics / Economic HistoryBusiness & Economics / ManagementBusiness & Economics / Industries / GeneralBusiness & Economics / Industries / ConstructionHistory / GeneralHistory / Europe / Great Britain / GeneralHistory / Modern / GeneralTechnology & Engineering / Construction / General
ISBN18592808469781859280843
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=3ZvtAAAAMAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋Business historians have produced several studies of individual builders but the construction industry has not until now been the subject of a wide ranging and synoptic study. This book helps to fill that gap. It is a re-examination of the history of the building industry from the end of the eighteenth century to the latter half of the nineteenth. The first part looks at the rise of general contracting as a system of building procurement, emphasising the complexity of that development and the persistence of other modes of operation. The second part examines in detail the technical advances in building - showing the inadequacy of the received view of the industry as technically backward. Separate chapters deal with the growing use of machinery in stone and woodworking, in brick making, and in site work. The final section synthesises the evidence presented and argues the case that the technical and contractual changes were the co-determining factors in the creation of a new - capitalist - construction industry.