Building in the British Economy between the Wars
Details:
- Author(s) Richardson, H W, & D H Aldcroft
- Publication type Monograph
- Year published 1968
- Pages 355pp
- Publisher Allen & Unwin
- Place Published London
Topics:
- Name Government intervention exc legislation & regulation
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Library:
- Name British Library
- City London
- County Greater London
- Country England
- Postcode NW1 2DB
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Notes:
Wide ranging account with much on the industry's history, structure, organisation, etc, but especially focuses on context - demand, building materials, technical change etc, building fluctuations and cycles, building and economic growth, monetary policy, government policy, etc. Not business specific. Has sections: 'Historical background and structure'; 'Development'; 'Demand I -population, income and tastes'; 'Demand II'; 'Manpower'; 'Building materials'; 'Technical change, efficiency and aggregate costs'; 'Government policy - subsidies, slum clearance and rent control'; 'Housing and monetary policy'; 'Interwar building fluctuations'; 'Costs, income and building - the Weber thesis'; 'Building fluctuations and business cycles'; 'Building and economic growth'; 'Building, transport and suburban development'