The Story of Utopias · Character
Patrick Geddes
Scottish biologist and urban planner whose ideas are referenced in the book.
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Also known as Professor Patrick Geddes, Professor Geddes
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Patrick Geddes shows up with force in Acknowledgments. The page is where that presence becomes real.
Mumford acknowledges the profound influence of Professor Patrick Geddes on his general background of ideas, through books and correspondence.
Patrick Geddes first appears in 0003 the story of utopias.
In Acknowledgments: Mumford acknowledges the profound influence of Professor Patrick Geddes on his general background of ideas, through books and correspondence.
Later, in I: Mentioned as the town planner who inspired the author to write this book, linking ancient and modern utopian thought.
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- Acknowledgments
- I
- The Social Myth of the National State
- How the half-worlds go, and how eutopia may come; and what we need before we can build Jerusalem in any green and pleasant land.
- I
- IV
- XII
- Bibliography
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