{"product_id":"building-capitalism-routledge-revivals-linda-clarke-9780415687881","title":"Building Capitalism (Routledge Revivals): Historical Change and the Labour Process in the Production of Built Environment","description":"\u003cp\u003eFirst published in 1992, this Routledge Revival sees the reissue of a truly original exploration of the nature of urbanization and capitalism. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLinda Clarke's vital work argues that: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cli\u003eUrbanization is a product of the social human labour engaged in building as well as a concentration of the labour force.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cli\u003eThe quality of the labour process determines the development of production. \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cli\u003eChanges to the built environment reflect changes in the production process and, in particular, the development of wage labour.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eTo support these arguments, the author identifies a qualitatively new historical stage of capitalist building production involving a significant expansion of wage labour, and hence capital, and the transition from artisan to industrial production. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLinda Clarke draws from a wide range of original material relating to the development of London from the mid-eighteenth to the early nineteenth century to provide a complete description of the development process: materials extraction, roadbuilding, housebuilding, paving, cleansing, etc; profiles of builders and contractors involved, and a picture of the new working class communities, as in Somers Town - their living conditions, population, working environment, and politics. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Linda Clarke\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0415687888\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780415687881\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/26\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.02lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.00h x 8.00w x 0.81d","brand":"Linda Clarke","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48086313992447,"sku":"9780415687881","price":240.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_30a456f3-35e7-4153-8f42-962d72734950.jpg?v=1769093971","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/building-capitalism-routledge-revivals-linda-clarke-9780415687881","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}