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The Worlds of Patrick Geddes Biologist, Town planner, Re-educator, Peace-warrior
First published in 1978, The Worlds of Patrick Geddes is a study of Patrick Geddes’ thought and action, his relationships and his life, as someone who defied labelling and who was years ahead of his contemporaries. The work of Patrick Geddes (1854-1932) is coming to be more and more widely appreciated, as his ideas on many diverse subjects are being gradually assimilated into the mainstream of modern thought. Geddes has been confidently labelled as a biologist, town-planner, sociologist and educator; but he was all of these and more. This book will be of interest to students of biology, urban planning and sociology.
Acknowledgements Introduction 1. Childhood and Youth, 1854-74 2. The Wandering Student, 1874-80 3. Which Identity, What Message? 1880-6 4. Marriage. And the Civic Crusade. 1886-8 5. Part-time Professor, Full-time Generalist, 1888-97 6. From Near-East Peacemaker to International Educator 7. Life Projects Discovered: Town Planning and Sociology, 1901-14 8. First Years In India, 1914-19 9. The Making of the Future, 1919-24 10. ‘Late-Flowering Agave,’ 1924-8 11. Remarriage and Denouement, 1928-32 12. Patrick Geddes Today Appendix Notes Selected Bibliography Index
Biography
Philip Boardman
