Mies van der Rohe - An Architect in His TimeIn this book, renowned architectural historian Dietrich Neumann presents a new, critical look at Mies and complicates the established narrative about him. Diverging from the reverential posture of many existing accounts, Neumann insists on the importance of the contemporary contextsocial, political, and architecturalfor understanding the architects life and work. The book draws on many overlooked archival and primary sources to demonstrate how and why