Constructing Latin America: Architecture, Politics, and Race at the Museum of Modern Art

by Patricio del Real

In the interwar period and immediately following World War II, the U.S. government promoted the vision of a modern, progressive, and democratic Latin America and worked to cast the region as a partner in the fight against fascism and communism. This effort was bolstered by the work and products of many institutions, including the Museum of Modern Art, New York. Using modern architecture to imagine a Latin America under postwar U.S. leadership, MoMA...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300254563
• ISBN13: 9780300254563
• Release Date: August 2022
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 2.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 8.1" x 9.9"