The Worlds of Patrick Geddes - Biologist, Town planner, Re-educator, Peace-warrior

List of contents

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

About the author

Philip Boardman

Summary

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.

Product details

• Authors: Philip Boardman, Boardman Philip
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.08.2023
• EAN: 9781032554297
• ISBN: 978-1-03-255429-7
• No. of pages: 536
• Weight: 1100 g
• Series: Routledge Revivals
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology; Sociology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / General, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, Society & culture: general, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Environmentalists & Naturalists, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Educators, environmental science, engineering & technology, Society and culture: general, Environmental science, engineering and technology