Building Capitalism

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Routledge Revivals Title Page Copyright Building Capitalism Title Page Copyright Contents List of figures List of plans List of plates List of tables Acknowledgements Introduction Part I Theoretical questions and considerations 1 Urbanization as a production process Traditional urban studies A new direction Distinguishing an approach based on production 2 Transition and historical change in the urbanization process Introduction Production and the concept of change Urbanization in the transition from feudalism to capitalism 3 Stages as structure or transition Introduction Demarcating stages The industrial revolution as a stage The transition from piece to time-based wage rates 4 The end of artisan production From artisans and justices to labourers and employers Categories and divisions of labour Different forms of accumulating building capital Part II Urbanization through artisan production: from Brill Farm to Somers Town 5 Eighteenth-century building conditions in and around London The situation of Brill Farm Materials and labour for roads Building materials The building process Infrastructure: its provision and maintenance The political implications of the building development process 6 The early development of Brill Farm and its surroundings Setting up the building process The importance of materials manufacturing Changes in the building process The progress of development 7 A breakdown in the process of building St Pancras The check to building development in Somers Town The disappearance of the craftsman-builder Disparities in the labour process Regulated and unregulated building activity Transforming the Somers Town environment Part III Urbanization through contracting 8 The builder as contractor The new Paving Commissions John Johnson: paving contractor Accumulation through contracting John Johnson as a developer of Somers Town 9 A new stage of building production Changes in labour Changes in building production under John Johnson The development process under Johnson A new class of development in Somers Town 10 The capital expands A new organization of labour A new organization of road-building A new level of accumulation Developments in London Political change: the example of Somers Town Notes References Index