The Grand Model and the American City

• Published in: The Ashley Cooper Plan p. 184
• Main Author: Wilson, Thomas D
• Format: Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: The University of North Carolina Press 01.03.2016; University of North Carolina Press
• Subjects: 1st Earl of Shaftesbury; Agenda 21; Anthony Ashley Cooper; Cities; city planning; City politics; Conservatism; Development studies; Development theory; Enlightenment; Environmental policy; Government; Human geography; International cooperation; International environmental policy; International politics; International relations; John Locke; Local politics; Metropolitan areas; Political communication; Political geography; Political History; Political ideologies; Political organizations; Political parties; Political philosophy; Political rhetoric; Political science; Political sociology; Politics; Province of Carolina; Public administration; Public policy; Social sciences; Suburbs; Sustainable development; Urban development; Urban planning
• ISBN: 9781469628905; 1469628902
• DOI: 10.5149/northcarolina/9781469628905.003.0006

Ashley Cooper’s Grand Model was the ultimate product of English colonial policy, political philosophy, and city planning prior to the Enlightenment. The Fundamental Constitutions and “instructions,” products of both Ashley Cooper and Locke, formed a body of law and policy written by two of the most astute minds of the time, tempered to be sure by the diverse opinions of the remaining seven Carolina proprietors. Within those documents, city planning (in the broad sense of the term used throughout) held an essential place in the overall design of the colony’s social structure, economy, and government. Cities of Ashley Cooper’s time