Sure to become a standard in the field, this latest installment in the series . . . is critical of the timeworn view that American modernism is simply a wholesale adoption of avant-garde styles imported from Europe. Wright's history is far more rich and complex . . . This book is a joy to read and copiously illustrated. Wrights enthusiasm for her topic comes through in her vivid, compelling writing . . . Essential. * Choice * . . . inclusive without impeding narrative flow, sensitive to politics, and tuned to the ways opinion and reputations may change over time . . . This is a survey to stimulate thought and further investigation. * Architects Journal * An engaging overview of American modernism . . . [ Wright's] on-air talent for making the arcane accessible translates well into print this remarkably comprehensive volume is full of telling, even funny details alongside the scholarship . . . Deft, knowledgable text. * Modernism Magazine * In a mere 320 pages, Gwendolyn Wright has managed to pack a staggering amount of information and visual documentation about the modernization of American architecture. She covers the evolving social, cultural, and political context as well. It is a credit to her neat, economical, agile prose and prodigious command of this vast material that she has also succeeded in making it an enthralling narrative and a major piece of criticism. . . . Gwendolyn Wright has produced a classic. * Architects Newsletter * Lucid and readable. . . . USA is dazzling. * Next American City * Tackling the history of modern architecture in America - over 140 years of it - in under 300 pages is no easy task. Yet it is one that architecture professor and TV personality Gwendolyn Wright pulls off extremely well in this thorough, concise and often critical look at buildings and their architects from the reconstruction to today. * Archidose * Gwendolyn Wright's splendid book updates, revises and enriches everything we know about the development and influence of American architecture with new material, brilliant insights, and the perspective of a new century. She makes the story so new and compelling and writes it so well that it will supplant older versions to become the standard reference. * Ada Louise Huxtable, Pulitzer prize-winning Architecture Critic of The Wall Street Journal and author of The Unreal America: Architecture and Illusion * I am always amazed at Gwendolyn Wright's ability to bring excitement and positive joy to urbanism and architecture in a rare way. Her enthusiasm for historical examples surely inspires others to take a deeper look and to reflect. In this moment of rapid urbanization worldwide, that reflection is needed more than ever. * Steven Holl, architect * At last, the book I have been waiting for:the story of modern American architecture deeply contextualized in the history of the last century and a half. Wright is that rare scholar who understands how intricately the built environment is laced into larger historical trends. This is a wonderful book for all who care about architecture and the long history of modern work, housing, and public life in the United States. * Lizabeth Cohen, Professor of History, Harvard University, and author of A Consumer's Republic: The Politics of Mass Consumption in Postwar America *
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