Building Capitalism (Routledge Revivals) : Historical Change and the Labour Process in the Production of Built Environment

First published in 1992, this Routledge Revival sees the reissue of a truly original exploration of the nature of urbanization and capitalism. Linda Clarke's vital work argues that:Urbanization is a product of the social human labour engaged in building as well as a concentration of the labour force.The quality of the labour process determines the development of production. Changes to the built environment reflect changes in the production process and, in particular, the development of wage labour.To support these arguments, the author identifies a qualitatively new historical stage of capital

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Year of publication:	2012
Authors:	Clarke, Linda
Publisher:	Hoboken : Taylor and Francis
Subject:	Kapitalismus \| Capitalism \| Geschichte \| History \| Urbanisierung \| Urbanization
Description of contents:	Table of Contents [external.dandelon.com]

Extent:	Online-Ressource (337 p)
Series:	Routledge Revivals Routledge Revivals Ser.
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Notes:	Description based upon print version of record Building Capitalism Historical Change and the Labour Process in the Production of Built Environment; Copyright; Building Capitalism: Historical change and the labour process in the production of the built environment; Copyright; Contents; List of figures; List of plans; List of plates; List of tables; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part I Theoretical questions and considerations; Chapter 1 Urbanization as a production process; Traditional urban studies; A new direction; Distinguishing an approach based on production; Chapter 2 Transition and historical change in the urbanization process IntroductionProduction and the concept of change; Urbanization in the transition from feudalism to capitalism; Chapter 3 Stages as structure or transition; Introduction; Demarcating stages; The industrial revolution as a stage; The transition from piece to time-based wage rates; Chapter 4 The end of artisan production; From artisans and justices to labourers and employers; Categories and divisions of labour; Different forms of accumulating building capital; Part II Urbanization through artisan production: from Brill Farm to Somers Town Chapter 5 Eighteenth-century building conditions in and around LondonThe situation of Brill Farm; Materials and labour for roads; Building materials; The building process; Infrastructure: its provision and maintenance; The political implications of the building development process; Chapter 6 The early development of Brill Farm and its surroundings; Setting up the building process; The importance of materials manufacturing; Changes in the building process; The progress of development; Chapter 7 A breakdown in the process of building St Pancras; The check to building development in Somers Town The disappearance of the craftsman-builderDisparities in the labour process; Regulated and unregulated building activity; Transforming the Somers Town environment; Part III Urbanization through contracting; Chapter 8 The builder as contractor; The new Paving Commissions; John Johnson: paving contractor; Accumulation through contracting; John Johnson as a developer of Somers Town; Chapter 9 A new stage of building production; Changes in labour; Changes in building production under John Johnson; The development process under Johnson; A new class of development in Somers Town Chapter 10 The capital expandsA new organization of labour; A new organization of road-building; A new level of accumulation; Developments in London; Political change: the example of Somers Town; Notes; References; Index;
ISBN:	978-0-415-68788-1 ; 978-1-136-59954-5 ; 978-0-415-68788-1
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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