Siobhan Moroney is an associate professor of politics and the chair of American Studies at Lake Forest College.
An impressively documented work on an important, generally overlooked postwar homes competition. What makes the book exceptional is that it covers 'architecture and design for everyday life, ' created by trained architects along with others, including those who were talented amateurs. That populist aspect makes Moroney's work compelling and very different from many other books. --John Zukowsky, author of Building Chicago: The Architectural Masterworks