ISBN:
9780415540544
,
9780415540537
Language:
English
Pages:
VIII, 260 S.
,
Ill., Kt.
,
26 cm
Edition:
2. ed.
Series Statement:
Planning, history and environment series
DDC:
307.1/2160941
Keywords:
City planning Colonies
;
History
;
Architecture, British
;
Vernacular architecture
;
City planning Developing countries
;
History
;
Colonial cities Developing countries
;
History
;
Architecture, Colonial Developing countries
;
History
;
Great Britain Colonies
;
History
;
Great Britain Colonies
;
Administration
;
Großbritannien
;
Kolonialismus
;
Stadtplanung
;
Geschichte
;
Großbritannien
;
Kolonie
;
Städtebau
;
Geschichte
;
Commonwealth
;
Städtebau
;
Geschichte
Description / Table of Contents:
Preface to the first editionPreface 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.
Description / Table of 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.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
,
1. ed. im Verl. Spon, London [u.a.], 1997 erschienen
