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Foundations: How the Built Environment Made Twentieth-century Britain
Sam Wetherell's landmark study of the built environment
Foundations: How the Built Environment Made Twentieth-century Britain
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Foundations: How the Built Environment Made Twentieth-century Britain
by Sam Wetherell
(Princeton University Press, £30)
CITY planning may seem a distant and theoretical topic and it often presents itself thus to stay aloof from the masses. But this book is the opposite — compelling and lucid, extremely readable and persuasive, each page is a revelation.
In the face of conditions that render people helpless, it provides a convincing narrative, a rich historical context and suggests grounds for new thinking and action.
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