American Colonisation and the City Beautiful - Filipinos and Planning in the Philippines, 1916-35

American Colonisation and the City Beautiful explores the history of city planning and the evolution of the built environment in the Philippines between 1916 and 1935. In so doing, it highlights the activities of the Bureau of Public Works' Division of Architecture as part of Philippine national development and decolonisation.

List of contents

Chapter 1. Introduction Chapter 2. City Planning in the United States and the Philippines, c. 1890s-1930s Chapter 3. The Emergence of the Filipino City Beautiful and Grand Zoning Plans Chapter 4. Civic Centres and Renewed Spanish Colonial Plazas Chapter 5. Enhancing Philippine Society and Planning, c. 1935

About the author

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 Membership Secretary of the International Planning History Society. Prof. Morley has also worked with media outlets such as The Discovery Channel, Voom!, Los Angeles Times, Wall Street Journal Asia, and Agence France-Presse.

Summary

American Colonisation and the City Beautiful explores the history of city planning and the evolution of the built environment in the Philippines between 1916 and 1935. In so doing, it highlights the activities of the Bureau of Public Works’ Division of Architecture as part of Philippine national development and decolonisation.

Product details

• Authors: Ian Morley, Ian (The Chinese University of Hong Kong Morley, Morley Ian
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 13.11.2019
• EAN: 9780367144197
• ISBN: 978-0-367-14419-7
• No. of pages: 268
• Series: Routledge Research in Planning and Urban Design
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Architecture; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Urban, spatial and country planning; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; ARCHITECTURE / Landscape, City & town planning - architectural aspects, Urban & municipal planning, Philippines, c 1919 to c 1939 (Inter-war period), c 1918 to c 1939 (Inter-war period), Urban and municipal planning and policy, City and town planning: architectural aspects