Format:
1 online resource (241 pages)
ISBN:
9781474454094
Content:
This book situates Patrick Geddes within his own intellectual background (described by George Davie as 'the democratic intellect') and explores the relevance of that background to Geddes's substantial national and international achievements across a truly impressive range of disciplines.
Content:
Intro -- Patrick Geddes's Intellectual Origins -- Copyright -- Contents -- Figures -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- 1 Patrick Geddes and the Scottish Intellectual Tradition -- 2 Geography, History and Place -- 3 Arts, Crafts and Social Reform -- 4 Patrick Geddes, D'Arcy Thompson and the Early Years of University College Dundee -- 5 Education, Anarchism and Celtic Revival in Edinburgh -- 6 Manifestos in Word and Image -- 7 Models of Celticism -- 8 Interdisciplinarity and Cultural Revival -- 9 Paris 1900: Local Revival as Global Project -- 10 City Development as Interdisciplinary Project -- 11 Ecological Research in Dundee -- 12 Dramatising the Past and Informing the Future -- 13 Looking East -- 14 A Farewell Lecture -- Appendix 1 Patrick Geddes: A Visual Primer in Ten Images -- Notes -- Appendix 2 List of Murdo Macdonald's Writings relating to Patrick Geddes and his Milieu -- Index.
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Additional Edition:
9781474454070
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe 9781474454070
Language:
English
