Patrick Geddes: Social Evolutionist and City Planner (Routledge Geography, Environment, and Planning Series)

Book Cover......Page 1
Half-Title......Page 2
Title......Page 4
Copyright......Page 5
Dedication......Page 6
Contents......Page 7
List of illustrations......Page 10
Preface......Page 11
CHAPTER 1  Introduction......Page 15
Notes......Page 24
CHAPTER 2  The formative years: the biologist’s viewpoint......Page 27
Experiences of childhood and youth......Page 29
London and Huxley......Page 32
France, the University of Paris and the study of marine biology......Page 36
The discovery of Le Play and the Le Playist school......Page 38
Elisée Reclus and the study of the region......Page 40
August Comte and the Comtean definition of sociology......Page 44
Geddes’ ‘thinking machines’ and notations......Page 45
Notes......Page 52
CHAPTER 3  Practical experiments in social evolution......Page 55
The British Association and developments in the social sciences......Page 56
Education and social change: the impact of nationalism and culture......Page 60
Education and social change: the impact of art and late Victorian neo-Romanticism......Page 61
Education and social change: the social reform movement......Page 62
Practical social work......Page 63
Philanthropic activities and the renovation of Old Edinburgh......Page 66
Education and Social Change: the ‘living organism’......Page 70
Notes......Page 74
CHAPTER 4  Museums, actual and possible......Page 78
Regional education and the Edinburgh Summer Meetings......Page 80
Regional education and national identity......Page 84
From the regional to the cosmopolitan perspective: the evolution of activities at the Outlook Tower......Page 86
The Outlook Tower as a prototype for a new kind of municipal museum......Page 90
From Outlook Tower to Index Museum: the prospect of international concerns......Page 93
Edinburgh to Paris in 1900: from regional museum to hopes for an international Index museum......Page 95
Notes......Page 97
Geddes’ contribution to the ‘new’ geography......Page 101
Geography and the region: the problems of definition......Page 109
Geddes’ contribution to sociology in Britain......Page 112
Eugenics and civics......Page 114
Social experiments in London: Crosby Hall and Chelsea......Page 118
The ‘Masques of Learning’: propaganda for the concept of cultural evolution......Page 119
Notes......Page 120
CHAPTER 6 The sociologist of the town planning movement......Page 125
Geddes’ first commission for city development: the Dunfermline Report......Page 128
Fallow years as practitioner and prophet of ‘civics as applied sociology’......Page 134
The ultimate educational and propaganda tool: the Cities and Town-Planning Exhibition......Page 137
The Regional Survey as an educational method for planners......Page 140
Geddes and the Irish experience: the professional ‘trouble-shooter’ as planner......Page 143
‘Cities in Evolution’: Geddes’ influence on the concepts of town planning before 1914......Page 148
Notes......Page 151
CHAPTER 7  The challenge of India and Palestine......Page 156
Urbanisation in India, 1900–1925......Page 159
Improving cities in the Indian context......Page 161
Western responses to Indian urban problems......Page 163
The cultural context for environmental planning in India......Page 164
Geddes’ exploration of indigenous culture and traditions......Page 168
Geddes and the Indian nationalist movement......Page 170
Geddes and higher education in India: the Chair of Sociology and Civics at Bombay......Page 171
Geddes’ response to the First World War......Page 174
Notes......Page 176
CHAPTER 8 Social reconstruction in India and Palestine......Page 181
The early Indian Reports: explorations in the biological viewpoint......Page 182
The Lucknow Reports: the apogee of Geddes’ practical successes......Page 187
Geddesian planning in the princely states: Baroda and Indore......Page 189
Jerusalem and Palestine......Page 199
Barra Bazar and the problems of the Geddesian approach......Page 214
Notes......Page 216
CHAPTER 9 Regional survey in the international context; the legacy of Geddes......Page 220
‘Regional Survey’ and the town-planning profession......Page 222
Lewis Mumford and the legacy of Geddes......Page 227
Urban sociology and the legacy of Geddes......Page 229
The Regional Survey movement of the 1920s......Page 230
Geddes’ last major work: ‘Life: outlines of general biology’......Page 233
Regional Survey at Montpellier: the Collège des Ecossais......Page 237
Geddes’ legacy to the making of the future......Page 239
Notes......Page 245
B. Works by Geddes......Page 251
C. Works on Geddes......Page 255
E. Select Bibliography of Secondary sources......Page 257
Index......Page 262