Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. List of Plates vii
4. List of Tables and Figures ix
5. Preface xi
6. Chapter One. Organization, Modernism, and Architecture 1
7. Chapter Two. The Taylorized Beauty of the Mechanical 15
8. Chapter Three. What Caused Modernist Architecture? 33
9. Chapter Four. Industrialization, Technology, and the State: Britain, France, Germany 45
10. Chapter Five. Backwardness and Revolution: Italy, Russia, Spain 68
11. Chapter Six. Modernism without Modernity: Mexico, Brazil, Argentina 91
12. Chapter Seven. Sponsorship, Professionalization, and Modernist Architecture 108
13. Chapter Eight. The Enduring Promise of Modernist Architecture 137
14. Appendix. Leading Architects 149
15. Illustration Credits for Plates 157
16. References 159
17. Index 179
18. A Note about the Type 187