Remodelling to Prepare for Independence

ISBN-13: 9781032483344 / Twarda / 2023 / 272 str.

Hong Kong) Morley Ian (The Chinese University of Hong Kong

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This book 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.

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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

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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.