{"product_id":"building-the-new-world-isbn-9781859843079","title":"Building the New World","description":"The period between 1930 and 1960 in particular saw a dramatic upsurge in Latin American modern architecture as the various governments strove to make public their modernising intentions. After 1960, however, the year in which Brasilia was inaugurated, economic growth in the region slowed and the modernist project faltered. The English-speaking world, which had previously admired Latin American buildings, began to write them out of the history of twentieth-century architecture. \u003ci\u003eBuilding the New World\u003c\/i\u003e attempts to redress the balance. It surveys the most important examples of state-funded modernism in Latin America during a period of almost unimaginable optimism, when politicians and architects such as Pani, Costa, Reidy and Niemeyer sought ways, literally, to build their societies out of underdevelopment.\u003cb\u003eValerie Fraser\u003c\/b\u003e is a Reader in the Department of Art History and Theory at the University of Essex. Her books include \u003ci\u003eBuilding the New World, The Architecture of Conquest,\u003c\/i\u003e and, with Oriana Baddeley, \u003ci\u003eDrawing the Line\u003c\/i\u003e.","brand":"Verso","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46303863832805,"sku":"NP9781859843079","price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781859843079.jpg?v=1767723172","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/building-the-new-world-isbn-9781859843079","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}