Overview
- Uses six cases studies to illustrate the iconic building types that define the vision of England
- Offers a historical study of the accumulation of wealth through investment in buildings
- Covers a wide period of history from Gothic cathedrals to Modern office towers
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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.
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Book Title: A Wealth of Buildings: Marking the Rhythm of English History
Book Subtitle: Volume II: 1688–Present
Authors: Richard Barras
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-349-94980-9
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Economics and Finance, Economics and Finance (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2016
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-349-94979-3Published: 05 October 2016
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-95693-7Published: 27 June 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-1-349-94980-9Published: 23 September 2016
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXVI, 431
Number of Illustrations: 31 b/w illustrations, 18 illustrations in colour
Topics: Heterodox Economics, Urban Economics, Architectural History and Theory