Thomas Crow is Rosalie Solow Professor at the Institute of Fine Arts, New York University.

“[An] expert running commentary throughout...with many more references and pictures that explain and sequence their relevance in today’s modern culture”—Matt Mead, Gigslutz [Online Music Site]“In this groundbreaking book, leading art historian Thomas Crow argues that the figure of the Mod exerted an influence beyond its assumed social boundaries by exemplifying the postwar metropolis in all of its excitement and complexity.”—paulineboty.org“[An] elegantly counterintuitive account”—J. J. Charlesworth, ArtReview“A meticulous account of the imbrications between artmaking and stylemaking in postwar London...Crow recovers the figure of the mod...[and] forges a new canon, reimagining the art of the time in a fine-tuned, deeply aesthetic mise-en-scène...His prose is scrupulous, just so, and the many glossy full-color illustrations exalt his wide array of objects.”—Alex Kitnick, Artforum“[Crow] is wary of any Cultural Studies-style attempt to elevate ‘the model over the agency of its objects (that is, the Mods/Stylists themselves)’. This book is a testament— itself aptly crisp and understated — to that agency.”—James Cahill, The London Journal