Tabla de Contenidos: “…Turner -- The question of the imprescriptibility of nobility in early modern France / Elie Haddad -- All the king's men : educational reform and the restoration of the service nobility in early seventeenth-century Spain / Ryan Gaston -- "Of polish'd pillars, or a roofe of gold" : authority and affluence in the English country house poem / Sukanya Dasgupta -- Nobility as a social and political dialogue : the Parisian example, 1650-1750 / Mathieu Marraud -- Challenging the status quo : attempts to modernize the Polish nobility in the later eighteenth century / Jerzy Lukowski -- Resilient notables : looking at the transformation of the Ottoman Empire from the local level / M. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Physics laboratories and the Victorian country house / Simon Schaffer -- 9. Una ciencia para explotar. …”

“…The Red House Mystery is a classic "whodunit" set in an English country house. An eclectic cast of characters are gathered in the house when the owner's brother, recently arrived from Australia, is found murdered in a locked room. …”
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Tabla de Contenidos: “…Experiencing Sound : Historical Performance and Digital Technology in French Royal Residences / Vasco Zara -- Expanding the Narrative : Public History, Music and the Irish Country House / Karol Mullaney-Dignam -- Case Study. …”

“…The international authors in this collection address the history and aesthetics of screen media as spatial transposition, in a range of exemplary analyses that run from the landscapes of John Ford’s westerns to Chantal Akerman’s claustrophobic domestic spaces, from the conventions of the English country house film to Patrick Keiller’s Robinson roaming a changed country, and from the experiences of Covid pandemic confinement to those of un-homed van-dwellers in Chloe Zhao’s award-winning NOMADLAND…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Foster societal, technological and environmental transformations -- Reduce structural disruptions brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic -- Favour the transition towards greener and smarter cities -- References -- Notes -- 5 Measuring the Role of Housing in the Distribution of Wealth -- Quantify the importance of housing wealth in household balance sheets -- Housing represents the largest asset in household portfolios -- Housing debt is the largest liability in household portfolios -- Analyse the link between housing and wealth inequality -- Housing tenure varies largely across countries -- Housing features prominently in household balance sheets -- Weigh opportunities and risks of housing debt -- Access to mortgage debt is a key driver of homeownership -- High housing debt exposes households to financial vulnerabilities -- References -- Notes -- 6 Lifting Obstacles to Residential Mobility -- Do not hinder residential mobility -- Housing matters for mobility and homeowners are much less mobile than renters -- Embrace policies that favour residential mobility -- Reduce housing transaction costs -- Remove bottlenecks to responsive housing supply -- Reform excessively rigid rental market regulations -- Invest in social housing -- References -- Notes -- 7 Reconciling Housing and the Environment -- Recognise the strong environmental impact of housing -- Identify policies that lead to improvements in environmental quality and housing affordability -- Environmentally related construction practices and energy efficiency measures affect construction and maintenance costs -- Environmentally related transport policies affect both demand and supply of housing -- Anticipate the impact of housing policies on the environment…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…The state of housing in OECD countries -- Housing quantity -- Housing quality -- Housing affordability -- Housing space -- Housing basic facilities -- Housing distress -- 2.3. …”

“…This book explored how empire in Asia shaped British country houses, their interiors and the lives of their residents. …”

“…These shocks have worked out differently for the small and large countries. Housing markets have acted as an important vehicle of transmission of these shocks onto economic activity and inflation. …”

“…The East India Company at Home, 1757–1857 explores how empire in Asia shaped British country houses, their interiors and the lives of their residents. …”

“…Nearly 20,000 individuals are included in the main listings.Information is provided about social origins, ownership of country houses, wealth, honors, offices held, and links with associated families. …”

“…Nearly 20,000 individuals are included in the main listings.Information is provided about social origins, ownership of country houses, wealth, honors, offices held, and links with associated families. …”

“…As in a number of other OECD countries, housing policies favour home ownership through tax settings and subsidies for house purchase, potentially raising issues of labour mobility. …”

“…This report illustrates the multifaceted meanings attached to the notion of aging, country, house, return, and future, and how coordinates such as generation, class, gender, and religion (Muslim/Copts) articulate with such concepts…”

“…In almost all OECD countries housing support is also delivered through means-tested housing allowances, for which reporting countries spend between 0.6 and 1.8% of GDP. …”

“…For the publication this numerous and mostly unknown quantity of gardens and parks was arranged in typological groups: gardens and parks of ecclesiastic dwelling-houses as monasteries, convents and cloisters, episcopal and provost buildings, parsonages, gardens and parks of profane buildings as castles, chateaus, palaces, manor-houses, country-houses, villas, dwelling-buildings, development houses, farmhouses, mills, factories, public buildings (monumental buildings) of culture (museum, theatre), education (school, university, botanic garden, arboretum), healing and welfare work (hospital, sanatorium, old peoplés home, residential home, youth welfare home), administration (office, embassy), catering and hotel industry and tourism ( hotel, inn, restaurant), sport, recreation and leisure ( swimming-bath, shooting-stand, amusement park, leisure centre), public gardens and parks (without any main-building) as green places, village parks, town parks, village woods, town woods, parks of a spa, memorial parks, promenades, green outside staircases. …”