Download or read book Housing Capital written by Simone Derix and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2017-10-23 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Throughout history, houses have been an economic resource as much as a means of social, political and cultural agency. From the early modern period to the 20th century, the multifaceted capital of houses linked individuals, families and societies in specific ways. The essays collected here probe the material texture of past societies concerning the inheritance, value, sale or maintenance of houses as well as the symbolic meanings that houses conveyed.