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Patrick Geddes : social evolutionist and city planner / Helen Meller.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Meller, Helen E. (Helen Elizabeth), 1941-
- Series:
- Routledge geography, environment, and planning series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Geddes, Patrick, Sir, 1854-1932.
- Geddes, Patrick.
- City planners--Great Britain--Biography.
- City planners.
- Sociologists--Great Britain--Biography.
- Sociologists.
- Human geography--Great Britain--History.
- Human geography.
- Sociology, Urban--Great Britain--History.
- Sociology, Urban.
- History.
- Great Britain.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xvi, 359 pages) : illustrations.
- Edition:
- Paperback edition.
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York : Routledge, 1993.
- System Details:
- text file
- Summary:
- This original study examines the influences and ideas of Patrick Geddes, one of the most original thinkers of his time. Geddes pioneered a sociological approach to the study of urbanization, and focused on the intimate link between spatial form and social processes. His work and passion have become an inspiration to all those who seek to understand the city and modern life. "Patrick Geddes" reveals the perspectives which Geddes created on modern life, education and city development. It shows that his ideas remain stimulating and pertinent to contemporary concerns on these issues.
- Contents:
- The formative years: the biologist's viewpoint
- Practical experiments in social evolution
- Museums, actual and possible
- Maverick in the social sciences
- The sociologist of the town-planning movement
- The challenge of India and Palestine
- Social reconstruction in India and Palestine
- Regional survey in the international context: the legacy of Geddes.
- Notes:
- Originally published: 1990.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 334-349) and index.
- Electronic reproduction. London Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on print version record.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Martin and Margy Meyerson Endowment Fund for the Built Environment.
- ISBN:
- 9780203985366
- 0203985362
- Publisher Number:
- 99985717075
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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