An edition of Looking backward (1906)

Looking backward

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An edition of Looking backward (1906)

Looking backward

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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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Dover Publications
Language
English
Pages
165

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Subjects

Fiction, Utopias, Two thousand, A.D. in fiction, Social problems in fiction, Time travel in fiction, Time travel, Two thousand, A.D., Social problems, Utopias in fiction, Science fiction, Two thousand, A.D, American fiction (fictional works by one author), Boston (mass.), fiction, Fiction, science fiction, general

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Boston (Mass.)
Edition Availability
Cover of: Looking backward
Looking backward: 2000-1887
2000, Signet Classic, Signet Classics
in English
Cover of: Looking backward
Looking backward
1996, Dover Publications
in English
Cover of: Looking backward
Looking backward: 2000-1887
1960, New American Library
in English
Cover of: Looking backward.
Looking backward.
1959, Harper
in English
Cover of: Vuonna 2000
Vuonna 2000: katsaus vuoteen 1887
1907, Työväen kirjapaino
in Finnish - 2. painos.
Cover of: In hunderṭ yohr arum
In hunderṭ yohr arum
1906, [Progres]
Cover of: In hunderṭ yohr arum
In hunderṭ yohr arum
1906, Progress
in Yiddish
Cover of: In hunderṭ yohr arum
In hunderṭ yohr arum
1906, Progres
in Yiddish
Cover of: LOOKING BACKWARD.
LOOKING BACKWARD.
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Edition Notes

Originally published: Looking backward, 2000-1887. Boston : Ticknor, 1888. With new introd.

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New York
Series
Dover thrift editions
Genre
Fiction.

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
813/.4
Library of Congress
PS1086 .L6 1996, PS1086.L6 1996

The Physical Object

Pagination
vi, 165 p. ;
Number of pages
165

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Open Library
OL812377M
Internet Archive
lookingbackward0000bell
ISBN 10
0486290387
LCCN
95049596
Library Thing
20885
Goodreads
753025

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