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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.
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 significant insight into the
dynamics associated with both governance and city planning during
the American colonial era in the Philippines, with links between
prominent American university educators and Filipino architecture
students. The book discusses the two cities of Tayabas and Iloilo
which highlight the significant role in the urban design of places
beyond the typical historiographical focus of Manila and Baguio.
These examples will aid in further understanding the appearance and
meaning of Philippine cities during an important era in the
nation's history. Including numerous black and white images, this
book is essential for academics, researchers and students of city
and urban planning, the history and development of Southeast Asia
and those interested in colonial relations.
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 significant insight into the
dynamics associated with both governance and city planning during
the American colonial era in the Philippines, with links between
prominent American university educators and Filipino architecture
students. The book discusses the two cities of Tayabas and Iloilo
which highlight the significant role in the urban design of places
beyond the typical historiographical focus of Manila and Baguio.
These examples will aid in further understanding the appearance and
meaning of Philippine cities during an important era in the
nation's history. Including numerous black and white images, this
book is essential for academics, researchers and students of city
and urban planning, the history and development of Southeast Asia
and those interested in colonial relations.
Originally published in 1977, this book deals with the social
psychological factors which influence the process of bargaining. It
examines the structure behind the process, by which it can be
analysed and better understood. Particular attention is paid to the
character of negotiations in which agreements are obtained.
Originally published in 1977, this book deals with the social
psychological factors which influence the process of bargaining. It
examines the structure behind the process, by which it can be
analysed and better understood. Particular attention is paid to the
character of negotiations in which agreements are obtained.
At a time when intense dynamics of urban development of Asian
cities puzzle and disorient, Ideas of the City in Asian Settings
offers knowledge about the concepts, representations, and ideas
that lie beneath the historical and contemporary production of
cities in Asia, in order to deepen our understanding of the
processes and meanings of urban development in the continent. The
book sheds more light on the vast array of rules and innovations
and aspirations that make cities into complex objects that are
continuously 'in the making'. Because Asian cities have experienced
unprecedented dynamics of urban development during the last fifty
years, they are considered as crucial places to question the
perspectives that multiple actors project onto changing urban
environments, as well as the evolution of the role of cities in
globalisation.
When the USS Maine mysteriously exploded in Havana’s harbor on
February 15, 1898, the United States joined local rebel forces to
avenge the Maine and "liberate" Cuba from the Spanish empire.
"Remember the Maine! To Hell with Spain!" So went the popular
slogan. Little did the Cubans know that the United States was not
going to give them freedom—in less than a year the American flag
replaced the Spanish flag over the various island colonies of Cuba,
Guam, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines. Spurred by military
successes and dreams of an island empire, the US annexed Hawai‘i
that same year, even establishing island colonies throughout
Micronesia and the Antilles. With the new governmental orders of
creating new art, architecture, monuments, and infrastructure from
the United States, the island cultures of the Caribbean and Pacific
were now caught in a strategic scope of a growing imperial power.
These spatial and visual objects created a visible confrontation
between local indigenous, African, Asian, Spanish, and US imperial
expressions. These material and visual histories often go
unacknowledged, but serve as uncomplicated "proof" for the visible
confrontation between the US and the new island territories. The
essays in this volume contribute to an important art-historical,
visual cultural, architectural, and materialist critique of a
growing body of scholarship on the US Empire and the War of 1898.
Imperial Islands seeks to reimagine the history and cultural
politics of art, architecture, and visual experience in the US
insular context. The authors of this volume propose a new direction
of visual culture and spatial experience through nuanced terrains
for writing, envisioning, and revising US-American, Caribbean, and
Pacific histories. These original essays address the role of art
and architecture in expressions of state power; racialized and
gendered representations of the United States and its island
colonies; and forms of resistance to US cultural presence.
Featuring interdisciplinary approaches, Imperial Islands offers
readers a new way of learning the ongoing significance of vision
and experience in the US empire today, particularly for Caribbean,
Latinx, Pilipinx, and Pacific Island communities.
The Treaty of Paris in 1898 initiated America’s administration of
the Philippines. By 1905, Manila had been replanned and the city of
Baguio built as expressions of colonial sovereignty and as symbols
of a society disassociating itself from its hitherto "uncivilized"
existence. Against this historical backdrop, Ian Morley undertook a
thorough investigation to elucidate the meaning of modern American
city planning in the Philippines and examine its dissemination
throughout the archipelago with respect to colonial governmental
ideals, social advancement, and the shaping of national identity.
By focusing on the forces of the early years of American colonial
rule, Cities and Nationhood offers a historical paradigm that not
only re-grounds our grasp of Philippine cities, but also
illuminates complex national identity movements and city design
practices that were evident elsewhere during the early 1900s.
Cities and Nationhood places the design of Philippine cities within
a framework of America’s distinct religious and racial identity,
colonial politics, and local cultural expansion. In doing so, it
expands knowledge about city planning—its influence and
role—within national development by providing valuable insights
into the nature of Philippine society during an era when America
felt morally compelled to enact progressive civilization by
instruction and example. Producing a new understanding of the role
of America’s colonial mission, the City Beautiful modern of urban
design and Philippine cities, and the inclusions and exclusions
designed into their built forms, the author addresses two
fundamental intellectual matters. First, the work recontextualizes
the planning history of Philippine cities. Analysis of the ideals
of nationalism and civility at a key period in Philippine history
shifts scholarship on the plans of Philippine cities. Second, the
book offers an example of how studies of city design can profitably
embrace additional geographical, cultural, and chronological
territories in order to rethink the abstract and tangible meaning
of arranging urban places after major governmental changes and
identity transitions have occurred.
When the USS Maine mysteriously exploded in Havana's harbor on
February 15, 1898, the United States joined local rebel forces to
avenge the Maine and "liberate" Cuba from the Spanish empire.
"Remember the Maine! To Hell with Spain!" so went the popular
slogan. Little did the Cubans know that the United States was not
going to give them freedom-in less than a year the American flag
replaced the Spanish flag over the various island colonies of Cuba,
Guam, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines. Spurred by military
successes and dreams of an island empire, the US annexed Hawai'i
that same year, even establishing island colonies throughout
Micronesia and the Antilles. With the new governmental orders of
creating new art, architecture, monuments, and infrastructure from
the United States, the island cultures of the Caribbean and Pacific
were now caught in a strategic scope of a growing imperial power.
These spatial and visual objects created a visible confrontation
between local indigenous, African, Asian, Spanish and US imperial
expressions. These material and visual histories often go
unacknowledged, but serve as uncomplicated "proof" for the visible
confrontation between the US and the new island territories. The
essays in this volume contribute to an important art-historical,
visual cultural, architectural, and materialist critique of a
growing body of scholarship on the US Empire and the War of 1898.
Imperial Islands seeks to reimagine the history and cultural
politics of art, architecture, and visual experience in the US
insular context. The authors of this volume propose a new direction
of visual culture and spatial experience through nuanced terrains
for writing, envisioning, and revising US-American, Caribbean, and
Pacific histories. These original essays address the role of art
and architecture in expressions of state power; racialized and
gendered representations of the United States and its island
colonies; and forms of resistance to US cultural presence.
Featuring truly interdisciplinary approaches, Imperial Islands
offers readers a new way of learning the ongoing significance of
vision and experience in the US Empire today, particularly for
Caribbean, Latinx, Philipinx, and Pacific Island communities.
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