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

Main entry:

Home, Robert K.

Title & Author:

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

Edition:

1st ed.

Publication:

London : Spon, 1997.

Description:

viii, 249 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm.

Series:

Studies in history, planning and the environment ; 20

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-238) and index.
Introduction: 'The Chief Exporter of Municipalities' -- 1. The 'Grand Modell' of Colonial Settlement -- The Components of the Model -- The Evolution of the Model -- The Influence of the 'Grand Modell' -- 2. 'Planting is My Trade': The Shapers of Colonial Urban Landscapes -- The New Professionals of Colonial Settlement -- The Supporting Ideologies -- The Colonial City as 'A Terrain of Conflict and Negotiation' -- 3. Port Cities of the British Empire: A 'Global Thalassocracy' -- The Rise of Port Cities in the Colonial Economy -- The Municipal Government of Laissez-Faire -- Reforming the Port Infrastructure -- The Effect of the Plague: Sanitary Surveillance and the Improvement Trusts -- 4. The 'Warehousing' of the Labouring Classes -- The Search for New Housing Forms -- Barrack Housing: 'Comfort, Privacy and Decency are Impossible' -- Other Types of Worker Housing: 'Pestilential Plague Spots' -- Housing in the Twentieth Century: New Directions.

Resources:
Publisher description

ISBN:

0419202307
9780419202301
9786610074617
6610074615
0203449614 (electronic bk.)

Subject:

Commonwealth
City planning Great Britain Colonies History.
Architecture, British Developing countries.
Vernacular architecture Developing countries.
City planning Developing countries History.
Colonial cities History.
Urbanisme Grande-Bretagne Colonies Histoire.
Urbanisme Pays en voie de développement Histoire.
Villes coloniales Histoire.
Architecture, British
British colonies
Colonies Administration
Vernacular architecture
Geschichte
Kolonialismus
Kolonie
Stadtplanung
Städtebau
Stedenbouw.
Koloniale periode.
Great Britain Colonies Administration.
Grande-Bretagne Colonies Administration.
Developing countries
Great Britain
Großbritannien

Form/genre:

History
Books.

Added entries:

Studies in history, planning, and the environment ; 20.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 135569
Call No.: ID NA9185.H66; ID:97-B773
Status: Available

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