Looking backward, 2000-1887

by Bellamy, Edward

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"Edward Bellamy's Looking Backward : 2000-1887 (1888) is one of the most influential utopian novels in English. The narrative follows Julian West, who goes to sleep in Boston in 1887 and wakes in the year 2000 to find that the era of competitive capitalism is long over, replaced by an era of co-operation. Wealth is produced by an "industrial army" and every citizen receives the same wage." "This edition contains a rich selection of appendices, including : excerpts from Bellamy's Equality and ot…

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Title Statements

  • Full title :Looking backward, 2000-1887 / Edward Bellamy ; edited by Alex MacDonald.

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"Edward Bellamy's Looking Backward : 2000-1887 (1888) is one of the most influential utopian novels in English. The narrative follows Julian West, who goes to sleep in Boston in 1887 and wakes in the year 2000 to find that the era of competitive capitalism is long over, replaced by an era of co-operation. Wealth is produced by an "industrial army" and every citizen receives the same wage." "This edition contains a rich selection of appendices, including : excerpts from Bellamy's Equality and other writings; contemporary responses (by William Morris, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, and others); excerpts from utopian works by Morris and William Dean Howells; and an excerpt from Henry George's Progress and Poverty."--Résumé de l'éditeur.

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:©2003.

Publication Statements

  • Publisher(s):Broadview Press
  • Place of Publication:Peterborough, Ont
  • Language:eng
  • Publication Date:©2003.

Notes

In dèsLibris.

Titre de l'écran-titre (visionné le 20 juin 2011).

The Physical Object

  • Description:1 ressource en ligne (1 texte électronique (288 pages)) : : illustrations, fichiers HTML

Edition Identifiers

  • oclc:on1131986340
  • LC Classification:PS1086
  • Dewey Decimal:813/.4

Subjects

An deux mille -- Romans, nouvelles, etc Boston (Mass.) -- Romans, nouvelles, etc Problèmes sociaux -- Romans, nouvelles,… Utopies -- Romans, nouvelles, etc Voyages dans le temps -- Romans, nouvel…

Writers

Bellamy, Edward MacDonald, Alex

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