Building in Britain
Subtitle: the origins of a modern industry
By: Akira Satoh ; English edition by Ralph Morton.
Contributors: Morton, Ralph.
Publisher: Scholar Press; Ashgate Pub. Co.
Published: 1995
Place of publication: Aldershot, England; Brookfield, Vt., USA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 316
Subjects: Construction industry -- Great Britain -- History.; Building trades -- Great Britain -- History.; Architecture -- Great Britain -- History.
Description: This volume looks at the history of the building industry from the end of the 18th century to the latter half of the 19th century. It examines the rise of general contracting as a system of building procurement, and looks at the technical advances in building.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 306-311) and index.