Alistair Fair, Lynn Abrams, Kat Breen, Miles Glendinning, Diane Watters and Valerie Wright, Building Modern Scotland: A Social and Architectural History of the New Towns, 1947–1997. London: Bloomsbury, 2025. ix + 225pp. 60 b&w ills. and 40 colour ills. Bibliography. £85.00 hbk. Open access ebook.

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Alistair Fair, Lynn Abrams, Kat Breen, Miles Glendinning, Diane Watters and Valerie Wright, Building Modern Scotland: A Social and Architectural History of the New Towns, 1947–1997. London: Bloomsbury, 2025. ix + 225pp. 60 b&w ills. and 40 colour ills. Bibliography. £85.00 hbk. Open access ebook.

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