1st Edition
Remodelling to Prepare for Independence The Philippine Commonwealth, Decolonisation, Cities and Public Works, c. 1935–46
List of Illustrations
List of Tables
Acknowledgements
Chapter 1: Introduction
Reshaping the Nation and Public Works: A Précis
Social Evolution, Foreign Influences, and Modernity in Philippine Cities, 1935-46
A Political and Philosophical Watershed: The Philippine Constitution, 1935
The Evolution of the Colonial-Built Fabric in the Philippines, 1898–1935
Decolonisation
The Structure of the Book
Chapter 2: A New Capital City for a New Nation
The Constitution Convention and the Nature of the 1935 Constitution
Quezon City: A Distinct City for an Evolving Country
Planning Evolution in Quezon City: The 1941 and 1949 Plans
The Park and Road Systems, and the Creation of Neighbourhood Units
Public Buildings and Architectural Modernism
Conclusion
Chapter 3: Manila and the Provinces
Beyond Quezon City: Urban Planning During the Age of the Commonwealth
Manila’s Development and Antonio Toledo’s Professional Footprint
The Return to, and Advancement of, Daniel Burnham’s Plan for Manila
Renewing Manila: The Built Fabric and Fire
Planning in the Provinces
Housing and Planning in the Provinces
Chapter 4: The Japanese Occupation
Japan, the Philippines, the Greater East Asian Co-Prosperity Sphere, and Pan-Asianism
The Japanese Occupation and the Evaluation of the Philippine-Built Fabric
Governing the Towns and Cities
Rebooting The Pensionados Program
Neighbourhood Associations
The Challenge and Opportunity Aligned to Post-War Rebirth
Chapter 5: National Independence, Post-War Reconstruction, Urban Betterment and Planning
A New Nation Looking Forward, Hesitantly
The Planning of Roads
Planning for New Housing Districts
New Rulings and the Problem of Their Implementation
Conclusion
References
Index
Biography
Ian Morley is an Associate Professor based in the Department of History at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. A graduate of the Centre for Urban History, Leicester University, UK, and the School of Architectural Studies, University of Sheffield, UK, he has published widely on the American colonial urban environment in the Philippines. The former book review editor for Urban Morphology: Journal of the International Seminar on Urban Form, he is currently the Vice President of the International Planning History Society. He is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society, Royal Asiatic Society, and Royal Society of Arts.
