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Of Planting and Planning: The making of British colonial cities book cover

2nd Edition

Of Planting and Planning The making of British colonial cities

By Robert Home Copyright 2013
272 Pages
by Routledge

272 Pages
by Routledge

272 Pages
by Routledge
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‘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... Read more

Introduction: ‘The Chief Exporter of Municipalities’ 1. The ‘Grand Modell’ of Colonial Settlement  2.‘Planting is My Trade’: The Shapers of Colonial Urban Landscapes  3. Port Cities of the British Empire: ‘A Global Thalassocracy’  4. The ‘Warehousing’ of the Labouring Classes  5. ‘The Inconvenience felt by Europeans’: Racial Segregation, Its Rise and Fall  6. ‘Miracle-Worker to the People’: The Idea of Town Planning, 1910–1935  7. ‘This Novel Legislation’: Institutionalizing Town Planning, 1900–1950  8. ‘What Kind of Country Do You Want?’: The Transition to Independence  Conclusions: The Legacy of Colonial Town Planning

Biography

Robert Home is Professor of Land Management, Anglia Law School, Anglia Ruskin University, UK.

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