Explores the crucial role played by the city in the construction of modernismThis innovative book examines the development of modernist writing in four European

The utopian design and organization of Brasília—the modernist new capital of Brazil—were meant to transform Brazilian society. In this sophisticated, pione

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This innovative text examines the development of modernist writing in four European cities: London, Paris, Berlin and Vienna.

A Place in History is a cultural study of Tel Aviv, Israel's population center and one of the original settlements, established in 1909. The book describes how