04154nam 2200613 a 450 991067668910332120200520144314.01-4384-4732-91-4619-2930-X(CKB)2670000000369281(EBL)3408738(SSID)ssj0000871438(PQKBManifestationID)11527145(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000871438(PQKBWorkID)10823806(PQKB)10452931(MiAaPQ)EBC3408738(OCoLC)867740583(MdBmJHUP)muse27943(ScCtBLL)8ad83b9c-41c3-4863-a904-6610e2ba6a8b(EXLCZ)99267000000036928120120712d2013 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierEnvisioning sociology Victor Branford, Patrick Geddes, and the quest for social reconstruction /John Scott, Ray Bromley1st ed.Albany State University of New York Pressc20131 online resource (298 pages)SUNY Press Open Access.Description based upon print version of record.1-4384-4731-0 Includes bibliographical references and index.""Envisioning Sociology: Victor Branford, Patrick Geddes, and the Quest for Social Reconstruction""; ""Contents""; ""List of Tables""; ""Preface and Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction""; ""Chapter One: Victorian and Edwardian Sociology""; ""Chapter Two: Geddes, Branford, and Gurney: Personal Partnerships""; ""Chapter Three: Organizing an Intellectual Vision""; ""Chapter Four: Environment, Region, and Social Reconstruction""; ""Chapter Five: Planning the Built Environment: Civics and Conservative Surgery""; ""Chapter Six: Socialization, Citizenship, and the University Militant""""Chapter Seven: Cooperation, Finance, and Capitalism""""Chapter Eight: Financiers, the Credit System, and the Third Alternative""; ""Chapter Nine: Failure of a Sociological Project""; ""Appendix A: William Branford""; ""Appendix B: The Branford, Gurney, and Geddes Families""; ""Notes""; ""References""; ""Index""<i>Envisioning Sociology</i> is a landmark work, the first major study of the founding of sociology in Britain and the enormous contributions made by the intellectual circle led by Victor Branford and Patrick Geddes. Authors John Scott and Ray Bromley chronicle the biographical connections and personal partnerships of the circle's key participants, their international connections, their organization-building work, and the business activities that underpinned their efforts. Branford and Geddes fashioned an ambitious and wide-ranging interdisciplinary vision, drawing on geography, anthropology, economics, and urban planning, in addition to sociology. This vision was an integral part of a project of social reconstruction, a "third way" eschewing both liberalism and communism in favor of cooperation, redistribution, and federalism. <i>Envisioning Sociology</i> uncovers a previously hidden history of the social sciences, giving readers a fascinating glimpse into early twentieth-century social science and political economy, while demonstrating the contemporary relevance of the ideas of these underrated figures. Although Branford and Geddes failed to establish the grand sociology they envisioned, their ideas helped develop the theory and practice of community development, participatory democracy, bioregionalism, historic preservation, and neighborhood upgrading.SUNY Press Open AccessSociologistsGreat BritainBiographySociologyGreat BritainHistorySociologistsSociologyHistory.301.092/2BScott John1949-20057Bromley R. J1342921MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910676689103321Envisioning Sociology3066781UNINA