Buildings and power : freedom and control in the origin of modern building types / Thomas A. Markus.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents List of figures Acknowledgements Introduction Pt. I Some Underlying Ideas 1 1 The shape of the argument 3 2 Why can we use buildings? 29 Pt. II Buildings and People 39 Introduction 39 3 Formation 41 4 Re-formation 95 5 Cleanliness is next to godliness 146 6 Re-creation 157 Pt. III Buildings and Knowledge 169 Introduction 169 7 Visible knowledge 171 8 Ephemeral knowledge 213 9 Invisible knowledge 229 Pt. IV Buildings and Things 245 Introduction 245 10 Production 249 11 Exchange 300 Pt. V Concluding Remarks 317 Notes 319 Bibliography 322 Index 334