William C. Baer is emeritus professor of policy, planning, and development at the University of Southern California’s Price School of Public Policy.

• List of Tables and FiguresForeword, Richard PeiserPrefaceAcknowledgmentsIntroductionPart One: Overview of Homebuilders and SocietyChapter One: Background on Housing and HomebuildersChapter Two: Commonalities in Homebuilding Down Through the CenturiesChapter Three: The Perplexing Homebuilder SettingChapter Four: Homebuilders’ Creative PerformancesChapter Five: Homebuilders’ Calling, Origins, and DispositionsPart Two: Homebuilders’ HistoriesChapter Six: Preamble to Homebuilders in Early Modern timesChapter Seven: Homebuilders in Early Modern London and AmericaChapter Eight: Homebuilding in Eighteenth Century Britain and the U.S.Chapter Nine: The Nineteenth Century’s Start of Mass Homebuilding in Britain, and Homebuilding in Its ColoniesChapter Ten: Nineteenth-Century Mass Homebuilding in the United StatesChapter Eleven: Anglosphere Homebuilders, 1900-1950Chapter Twelve: Anglosphere Homebuilders, 1951-2000Part Three: Homebuilding TrendsChapter Thirteen: Advances in Standardization of Housing ComponentsChapter Fourteen: Progress in Homebuilder Financing, yet Continuing BankruptciesChapter Fifteen: Evolving Scale of Homebuilders’ ProductionConclusion: What the Future Portends for Anglosphere Housing Shortages in Light of the PastAppendix One: ‘Firsts’ in Homebuilding PracticesAppendix Two: ‘Firsts’ in Conceptualizations for Housing Market AnalysisAppendix Three: ‘Firsts’ in Selected Government InterventionsAppendix 4: Basic Historical Organizations for HomebuildingReferencesAbout the Author