Remodelling to Prepare for Independence

The Philippine Commonwealth, Decolonisation, Cities and Public Works, c. 1935-46
1. Auflage 2023
ISBN: 978-1-032-48334-4
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 290 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 605 g

Reihe: Routledge Research in Planning and Urban Design

Remodelling to Prepare for Independence: The Philippine Commonwealth, Decolonisation, Cities and Public Works, c. 1935–46 illuminates the implications of the USA’s final phase of colonial rule in the Philippine Islands. It explores the Filipino side of decolonisation and the management of the built environment in the years immediately prior to self-rule.

This book shakes off the collaboration vs. resistance paradigm that empire histories generally follow and consequently yields an original vantage point to comprehend transition within an Asian society in the years immediately prior to, during, and after World War Two. This will not only deepen insight of the American Empire, but also grants the opportunity to tie Philippine political-cultural change to the global history of urban planning’s advancement. Accordingly, it opens a new window to rethink Filipino ethno-history and societal evolution, alongside the opportunity to compare the Philippines with other nations that undertook planning projects as part of their decolonisation process and early-postcolonial advancement. The book utilises theoretical frames in order to help creatively excavate the era 1935–46 for the purpose of not just revealing what public works occurred, but to also uncover what those projects meant to the Commonwealth Government, the BPW’s staff, and the public who benefitted from public works projects.

The book will be relevant to students and researchers of Urban History, Asian and American (Empire) History, and Imperial and Colonial Studies. Architects, planners, and members of the public who are interested in the form and meaning of urban environments designed/constructed in the past will also find the publication to be of great interest.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate and Undergraduate Advanced

Autoren/Hrsg.

Morley, Ian

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Asiatische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Architektur Städtebau, Stadtplanung (Architektur)
• Geisteswissenschaften Architektur Garten- und Landschaftsarchitektur
• Geisteswissenschaften Architektur Geschichte der Architektur, Baugeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Weltgeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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

Über Autor(innen)

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.