British Building Industry. Four studies in response and resistance to change
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- Author(s) Bowley, Marian
- Publication type Monograph
- Year published 1966
- Pages 488pp
- Publisher Cambridge University Press
- Place Published Cambridge
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- Name British Library
- City London
- County Greater London
- Country England
- Postcode NW1 2DB
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Scholarly account by a professor of political economy. Considers the development of the building industry from c1918 to 1950s in terms of the efficiency of the industry through close examination of three aspects of the industry, viz: 'Development of modern building structures'; 'Houses and schools and experiments in non traditional building'; and Economic 'Rationality in design'. Considers these innovations in structure and methods of building / design within the wider context of 'The building industry in a changing world'