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

• Superior document: Planning, history and environment series
• Author: ProQuest (Firm); Home, Robert K.
• TeilnehmendeR: ProQuest (Firm)
• Year of Publication: 2013
• Edition: 2nd ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Planning, history, and the environment series.
• Physical Description: viii, 259 p. :; ill., maps.

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.