Building Cycles and Britain's Growth
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- Author(s) Lewis, J Parry
- Publication type Monograph
- Year published 1965
- Pages 396pp
- Publisher Macmillan
- Place Published London
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- Name British Library
- City London
- County Greater London
- Country England
- Postcode NW1 2DB
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Deals with the relationship of building cycles and Britain's economic growth, shedding significant light on the construction industry and its performance and development from the 18th to the late 20th century. Chapters include: 'A survey of 1700-1832'; 'Stochastic factors, population and credit'; 'Regional differences, 1832-1864'; 'Some regional aspects of the seventies'; 'Costs, rents and other factors'; 'Population and inverse building cycles'; '1700-1913. A survey'; 'Some conclusions and their relevance to the interwar years'; '1950-2000'. Extensive statistical appendices [pp279-373]