The open conspiracy : H.G. Wells on world revolution / edited and with a critical introduction by W. Warren Wager.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wells, H. G. (Herbert George), 1866-1946.

Series:

Praeger studies on the 21st century 1070-1850

Praeger studies on the 21st century, 1070-1850

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Utopias.

Sociology.

Social problems.

Physical Description:

151 pages ; 24 cm.

Other Title:

H.G. Wells on world revolution

Place of Publication:

Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2002.

Contents:

Part 1 The First Futurist

1. The Book of the Century? 3

2. H.G. Wells and Futures Studies 4

3. The World Commonweal 7

Part 2 What Are We To Do with Our Lives?

1. The Text 11

2. The World Crisis and Modern Religion 12

3. Management, Not Government 13

4. Resistances 15

5. Strategies and Tactics 17

6. A Critical Assessment: Negative 19

7. A Critical Assessment: Positive 26

Part 3 The Open Conspiracy Since Wells

1. The Post-Wellsian Generation, 1946-1970 31

2. From 1970 to the End of the Century 33

3. The Idea of a World Party 37

4. Prospects 39

The Open Conspiracy / H. G. Wells 45.

Notes:

A new edition of the classic published in 1928 by V. Gollancz (London) and Doubleday, Doran, and Co. (Garden City, N.Y.).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0275970264

0275975398

OCLC:

47625298