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Civics: As Applied Sociology

Civics: As Applied Sociology

by Sir Patrick Geddes

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Author
Geddes, Patrick, Sir, 1854-1932
Title
Civics: as Applied Sociology
Credits
Produced by Jon Ingram, Wilelmina Mallière and Distributed Proofreaders Europe, dp.rastko.net.
Language
English
LoC Class
HT: Social sciences: Communities, Classes, Races
Subject
Sociology, Urban
Category
Text
eBook-No.
13205
Project Gutenberg
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/13205
Release Date
August 17, 2004
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.Civics: as Applied Sociology
  2. 2.by Patrick Geddes
  3. 3.INTRODUCTION — A—THE GEOGRAPHIC SURVEY OF CITIES — B—THE HISTORIC SURVEY OF CITIES — C—THE CITIZEN IN PROCESS OF DEVELOPMENT — D—THE APPLIED SOCIOLOGY OF THE PRESENT — E—CITIES, PRESENT AND FUTURE — F—LITERATURE OF CIVICS — DISCUSSION — WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS — PRESS COMMENTS
  4. 4.BY PROFESSOR GEDDES — A—INTRODUCTION: THE NEED OF CIVIC SURVEYS — B—INITIAL METHODS OF CONCRETE SURVEY — — C—GEOGRAPHICAL DETERMINISM AND ITS DIFFICULTIES — D—NEED OF ABSTRACT METHOD FOR NOTATION AND FOR INTERPRETATION — E—THE CITY-COMPLEX AND ITS USUAL ANALYSIS — THE EVERYDAY TOWN AND ITS ACTIVITIES. — F—PROPOSED METHODICAL ANALYSIS — (1) THE TOWN — G—ANALYSIS CONTINUED.—(2) THE SCHOOL — H—TOWN AND SCHOOL COMPARED — I—DEVELOPMENT OF SCHOOL, AND ITS REACTION UPON TOWN — J—FROM "SCHOOL" TO "CLOISTER" — K—THE CITY PROPER — L—THE CITY COMPLIED: TOWN, SCHOOL, CLOISTER, AND CITY PROPER — SUMMARY — Practical conclusion — M—THE HISTORIC CITY-COMPLEX — N—THE EVILS OF THE CITY — Disease, defect, vice and crime — O—A CIVIC SYMBOL AND ITS MEANING — Q—GLASGOW AS TYPICAL OF CIVIC TRANSITION—FROM "PALEOTECHNIC" TO "NEOTECHNIC" — R—A PRACTICAL PROPOSAL—A CIVIC EXHIBITION — DISCUSSION

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