Book has some markings - see pics. This books recounts the history of the Modern Movement in architecture and design and the men who were largely responsible for the shift to contemporary expression in design. 256 p. : ill. ; 20 cm. Contents: List of Plates. -- Foreword to the First Edition. -- Foreword to the Second Edition. -- Foreword to the Pelican Edition. -- Theories of Art from Morris to Gropius. -- From Eighteen-fifty-one to Morris and the Arts and Crafts. -- Eighteen-ninety in Painting. -- Art Nouveau. -- Engineering and Architecture in the Nineteenth Century. -- England, Eighteen-ninety to Nineteen-fourteen. -- The Modern Movement before Nineteen-fourteen. -- Notes. -- Supplementary Bibliography. -- Table of Names and Dates. -- Index.