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'With its unique take on the impact of the diasporic displacement of modernist practitioners, Shaping the City to Come makes a delightful contribution to the growing revisionist discourse on the state of modern architectural culture in Britain. In this subtle tale, local conditions responded in important and nuanced ways to the arrival of formative emigre figures and their attendant design ideologies. The text is scholarly in the depth of its meticulous research, as well as accessible in its elegant prose, and will enrich the knowledge of specialists and amateurs alike.' Hadas Steiner, The University at Buffalo, State University of New York 'At a time when Britain asserts its independence from Europe, Shaping the City to Come is a timely reminder of the contributions of refugee and emigre architects and planners to English life and culture. Expertly weaving architectural and urban history with cultural theory, this absorbing and well-researched book is sure to revise our understanding of a formative historical era. From interwar experiments in mass housing to post-war urban reconstruction, Lewittes deftly explores how English culture was transformed through its encounter with the European diaspora. Elegantly written and insightful, it suggests a new definition of modern architecture shaped by the experiences of mass migration and forced exile.' Joanna Merwood-Salisbury, Victoria University of Wellington

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Deborah Lewittes is Associate Professor at City University of New York.

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