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"Mumford's study documents a period of decades when ideology was so powerful that it inspired architects around the world. Ideology and image were inspired architects around the world. Ideology and image were inseparable, a conjunction that contrasts with the current production of architecture, which, glamorous as it may be at select locations, is largely without any ideological goal except that of rendering good service to post capitalist merchandizing. Readers without a thorough background in the history of modern architecture may find the level of detail daunting, but scholars will here find much of value for future studies on the evolution of Modern Architecture in the twentieth century."Du Prey, Pierre de la Ruffiniere is the author of 'Hawksmoor's London Churches Architecture and Theology' with ISBN 9780226173016 and ISBN 0226173011.
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