Of planting and planning [electronic resource] : the making of British colonial cities / Robert Home.
By: Home, Robert K.
Contributor(s): ProQuest (Firm).
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BookSeries: Planning, history, and the environment series: Publisher: New York : Routledge, 2013Edition: 2nd ed.Description: viii, 259 p. : ill., maps.Subject(s): City planning -- Great Britain -- Colonies -- History | Architecture, British -- Developing countries | Vernacular architecture -- Developing countries | Great Britain -- Colonies -- AdministrationGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 307.1/2160941 Online resources: Click to View | Item type | Current location | Collection | Call number | URL | Copy number | Status | Date due | Item holds |
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
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