03497nam a22004935i 4500 978-1-349-94980-9 DE-He213 20210625235744.0 cr nn 008mamaa 160923s2016 xxk| s |||| 0|eng d 9781349949809 978-1-349-94980-9 10.1057/978-1-349-94980-9 doi HB90-99.722 KCA bicssc BUS069030 bisacsh KCA thema 330.15 23 Barras, Richard. author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut A Wealth of Buildings: Marking the Rhythm of English History [electronic resource] : Volume II: 1688–Present / by Richard Barras. 1st ed. 2016. London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2016. XXVI, 431 p. 49 illus., 18 illus. in color. online resource. text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda 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. Schools of economics. Urban economics. Architecture. Heterodox Economics. https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/W53000 Urban Economics. https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/W49010 Architectural History and Theory. https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/K12008 SpringerLink (Online service) Springer Nature eBook Printed edition: 9781349949793 Printed edition: 9781349949816 Printed edition: 9781349956937 https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-349-94980-9 ZDB-2-ECF ZDB-2-SXEF Economics and Finance (SpringerNature-41170) Economics and Finance (R0) (SpringerNature-43720)