Of planting and planning : the making of British colonial cities / Robert Home.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Home, Robert K.

Series:

Planning, history, and the environment series

Planning, history and environment series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

City planning--Colonies--Great Britain--History.

City planning.

Architecture, British--Developing countries.

Architecture, British.

Vernacular architecture--Developing countries.

Vernacular architecture.

City planning--Colonies.

History.

Great Britain--Colonies--Administration.

Great Britain.

Colonies.

Administration.

Developing countries.

Physical Description:

viii, 260 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm.

Edition:

Second Edition.

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, 2013.

Contents:

Preface to the first edition

Preface to the second edition

Glossary

Year of independence and population of the main British colonies

Introduction : the chief exporter of municipalities

The "Grand modell" of colonial settlement

"Planting is my trade" : the shapers of colonial urban landscapes

Port cities of the British empire : "a global thalassocracy"

The "warehousing" of the labouring classes

"The inconvenience felt by Europeans" : racial segregation, its rise and fall

"Miracle-worker to the people" : the idea of town planning, 1910-1935

"This novel legislation" : institutionalizing town planning, 1900-1950

"What kind of country do you want?" : the transition to independence

Conclusions: the legacy of colonial town planning

References

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780415540537

0415540534

9780415540544

0415540542

OCLC:

814301840