03444oam 2200685I 450 991046314670332120200520144314.01-283-97297-20-203-38476-81-135-94582-910.4324/9780203384763 (CKB)2670000000325602(EBL)1114696(OCoLC)827208916(SSID)ssj0000822309(PQKBManifestationID)11497012(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000822309(PQKBWorkID)10756742(PQKB)11684870(MiAaPQ)EBC1114696(Au-PeEL)EBL1114696(CaPaEBR)ebr10650306(CaONFJC)MIL428547(OCoLC)826869162(EXLCZ)99267000000032560220180706d2013 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrOf planting and planning the making of British colonial cities /Robert Home2nd ed.New York :Routledge,2013.1 online resource (270 p.)Planning, history and environment seriesDescription based upon print version of record.0-415-54054-2 0-415-54053-4 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.'At the centre of the world-economy, one always finds an exceptional state, strong, aggressive and privileged, dynamic, simultaneously feared and admired.' - Fernand Braudel, Civilization and Capitalism, 15th-18th Centuries This, surely, is an apt description of the British Empire at its zenith.Of Planting and Planning explores how Britain used the formation of towns and cities as an instrument of colonial expansion and control throughout the Empire. Beginning with the seventeenth-century plantation of Ulster and ending with decolonizaPlanning, history, and the environment series.City planningGreat BritainColoniesHistoryArchitecture, BritishDeveloping countriesVernacular architectureDeveloping countriesGreat BritainColoniesAdministrationElectronic books.City planningColoniesHistory.Architecture, BritishVernacular architecture307.1/2160941Home Robert K.887981MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910463146703321Of planting and planning2000690UNINA