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Book SynopsisTrade Review"Shortlisted for the Alice Davis Hitchcock Medallion, Society of Architectural Historians of Great Britain"
"Winner of the Historians of British Art Book Prize, Contemporary Subject"
"[A] brilliant new history. . . . A highly convincing book, with the sort of clarity and panoramic scope that is too often, in books on this subject, lost in architectural and decorative minutiae."
---Owen Hatherley, Tribune Magazine"Elegantly written. . . . [A] timely contribution."
---Alistair Fair, Architectural History"An academic modernist sees opportunity in disruption."
---John Gapper, Financial Times"[A] scintillating and thoroughly engaging book, which rightly urges us to pay closer attention to the built environment in our understanding of how modern Britain came to be."
---Phil Child, Journal of Contemporary History"
Foundations is a fascinating contribution . . . illuminating fluently and engagingly the still-hidden history of the mundane spaces that Britons have inherited, many of which they continue to inhabit."
---Simon Gunn, Journal of British Studies"An excellent book. It is deeply researched, thoughtfully argued, and beautifully written."
---Erika Hanna, American Historical Review"Stimulating. . . . [
Foundations] is an extraordinarily accomplished and engaging piece of work. It should be read by anyone working on modern Britain as well as those with more specialist interests."
---William Whyte, Journal of Modern History
