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

by Ian Morley

Book Overview

Winner of the 2020 IPHS Koos Bosma Prize

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.

Morley provides new archival materials which deliver...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0367144190
• ISBN13: 9780367144197
• Release Date: November 2019
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 268 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.3"