Looking backward
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Author
Publication
1996 - Dover Publications, New York, New York (State)
Language
English
Word Count
41,250 words, Guess
Page Count
165 pages
Identifiers
- Internet Archivelookingbackward0000bell
- ISBN-100486290387
- ISBN-139780486290386
- LibraryThing20885
- Goodreads753025
Classifications
- DDC813/.4
- LCCPS1086 .L6 1996
- LCCPS1086.L6 1996
Description
Bellamy's novel tells the story of a hero figure named Julian West, a young American, who towards the end of the 19th century, falls into a deep, hypnosis-induced sleep and wakes up 113 years later. He finds himself in the same location (Boston, Massachusetts), but in a totally changed world: It is the year 2000, and while he was sleeping, the United States has been transformed into a socialist utopia. The remainder of the book outlines Bellamy's thoughts about improving the future. The major themes include problems associated with capitalism, a proposed socialist solution of a nationalization of all industry, and the use of an "industrial army" to organize production and distribution, as well as how to ensure free cultural production under such conditions.
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- Fiction
Series Statement
- Dover thrift editions
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