{"product_id":"foundations-how-the-built-environment-made-twentiethcentury-britain-9780691241760","title":"Foundations  How the Built Environment Made","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Shortlisted for the Alice Davis Hitchcock Medallion, Society of Architectural Historians of Great Britain\"\u003cbr\u003e\"Winner of the Historians of British Art Book Prize, Contemporary Subject\"\u003cbr\u003e\"[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.\"\u003cb\u003e---Owen Hatherley, \u003ci\u003eTribune Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Elegantly written. . . . [A] timely contribution.\"\u003cb\u003e---Alistair Fair, \u003ci\u003eArchitectural History\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"An academic modernist sees opportunity in disruption.\"\u003cb\u003e---John Gapper, \u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"[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.\"\u003cb\u003e---Phil Child, \u003ci\u003eJournal of Contemporary History\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eFoundations\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\"\u003cb\u003e---Simon Gunn, \u003ci\u003eJournal of British Studies\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"An excellent book. It is deeply researched, thoughtfully argued, and beautifully written.\"\u003cb\u003e---Erika Hanna, \u003ci\u003eAmerican Historical Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Stimulating. . . . [\u003ci\u003eFoundations\u003c\/i\u003e] 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.\"\u003cb\u003e---William Whyte, \u003ci\u003eJournal of Modern History\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Princeton University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49403925397847,"sku":"9780691241760","price":19.8,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780691241760.jpg?v=1730484903","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/foundations-how-the-built-environment-made-twentiethcentury-britain-9780691241760","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}