Download or read book The Future in America a Search After Realities by H G Wells written by Herbert George Wells and published by . This book was released on 1907 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Future in America written by H. G. Wells and published by . This book was released on 2018-02-05 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Even those readers of Mr. Wells who are sworn enemies of his conclusions will readily make the handsome admission that 'The Future in America' is one of the most interesting books that has been written about us by a foreigner these many years; that it proceeds from an abounding goodwill; and that it is quite free from malice, presumption, or condescension. The author's transparent good nature makes it impossible to be angry at even his sharpest criticisms; and the vitality and freshness of his style have produced a work that is readable from cover to cover. It is a wholesome book, too, for our perusal, for it does not spare the ugly flaws in our civilization and brings us face to face with the giant band of problems that confront us....It clearly defines the problems that confront us, and in its broad, humane, and generous temper, there is an exhilaration that leaves a reader eager to have a hand in shaping the future of America after his heart's desire." -Putnam's Monthly "Americans who care deeply for their country and can look beyond the issues of the moment toward vistas that stretch on forever are likely to find occasion for much fruitful thought and healthy introspection in the latest work of that novelist of genius and modern prophet, H. G. Wells....At the outset, Mr. Wells declares that in this, as in all his work, he has been dominated by a sense of the prophetic. He is concerned not so much with the America that is as with the America that is to be." -Current Literature "The book is illuminating in the fullest sense, a criticism not only of America, but of all civilized society, and it is written in a style which is always attractive and rises now and then to uncommon beauty and power, for Mr. Wells is as much poet as sociologist. He sees his data not grayly set out on a laboratory table, but touched with the eternal mystery of human hopes and fears." -The London Spectator "Mr. Wells is worth listening to: unlike the customary scurrying Englishman who makes a book about the 'States,' he does not confine his observations to our dirty streets, our skyscrapers, Pullmans and hotels, nor even to American women. He is after more serious things - the industrial situation, the American idea as shown at Ellis Island, the spirit of our civilization." -The Saturday Evening Post "Stimulating and suggestive. It is not a record of travel or facts of philosophy, but it is a sane discussion of various striking features of American life and character." -The World's Work "The book is full of quotable sentences.... He is extremely acute and often witty in describing the different social atmospheres of our cities." -The Outlook CONTENTS I. The Prophetic Habit of Mind II. Material Progress III. New York IV. Growth Invincible V. The Economic Process VI. Some Aspects of American Wealth VII. Certain Workers VIII. Corruption IX. The Immigrant X. State-Blindness XI. Two Studies in Disappointment XII. The Tragedy of Color XIII. The Mind of a Modern State XIV. Culture XV. At Washington The Envoy
Download or read book The Future in America written by Herbert George Wells and published by . This book was released on 1906 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Future in America A Search After Realities The original unabridged and illustrated edition written by H. G. Wells and published by e-artnow. This book was released on 2013-09-05 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This carefully crafted ebook: "The Future in America - A Search After Realities (The original unabridged and illustrated edition)" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. The Future in America -A Search After Realities is a 1906 travel essay by H. G. Wells recounting his impressions from the first of half a dozen visits he would make to the United States. Table of contents:Chapter I. The Prophetic Habit Of MindChapter II. Material ProgressChapter III. New YorkChapter IV. Growth InvincibleChapter V. The Economic ProcessChapter VI. Some Aspects Of American WealthChapter VII. Certain WorkersChapter VIII. CorruptionChapter IX. The ImmigrantChapter X. State-BlindnessChapter XI. Two Studies In DisappointmentChapter XII. The Tragedy Of ColorChapter XIII. The Mind Of A Modern StateChapter XIV. CultureChapter XV. At WashingtonThe EnvoyHerbert George "H. G." Wells (1866 - 1946) was an English writer, now best known for his work in the science fiction genre. He was also a prolific writer in many other genres, including contemporary novels, history, politics and social commentary, even writing textbooks and rules for war games. Wells was now considered to be one of the world's most important political thinkers and during the 1920s and 30s he was in great demand as a contributor to newspapers and journals.
Download or read book The Future in America written by H. G. Wells and published by . This book was released on 2020-03-20 with total page 117 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The questions seem impertinent. They are part of a long paper of interrogations I must answer satisfactorily if I am to be regarded as a desirable alien to enter the United States of America. I want very much to pass that great statue of Liberty illuminating the World (from a central position in New York Harbor), in order to see things in its light, to talk to certain people, to appreciate certain atmospheres, and so I resist the provocation to answer impertinently. I do not even volunteer that I do not smoke and am a total abstainer; on which points it would seem the States as a whole still keep an open mind. I am full of curiosity about America, I am possessed by a problem I feel I cannot adequately discuss even with myself except over there, and I must go even at the price of coming to a decision upon the theoretically open questions these two inquiries raise.
Download or read book The Future in America written by H G Wells and published by . This book was released on 2020-03-20 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The questions seem impertinent. They are part of a long paper of interrogations I must answer satisfactorily if I am to be regarded as a desirable alien to enter the United States of America. I want very much to pass that great statue of Liberty illuminating the World (from a central position in New York Harbor), in order to see things in its light, to talk to certain people, to appreciate certain atmospheres, and so I resist the provocation to answer impertinently. I do not even volunteer that I do not smoke and am a total abstainer; on which points it would seem the States as a whole still keep an open mind. I am full of curiosity about America, I am possessed by a problem I feel I cannot adequately discuss even with myself except over there, and I must go even at the price of coming to a decision upon the theoretically open questions these two inquiries raise.
Download or read book The Future in America written by H. G. Wells and published by . This book was released on 2016-09-01 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is H. G. Wells' 1906 work, "The Future in America." Within it, he explores America's history and its relation to the future. Wells argues that America has evolved from a society that requires individual self-sufficiency into something new, and that what worked - and was indeed necessary - in the past may not be practical in the future. A fascinating insight into America's past, present, and possible future, "The Future in America" is highly recommended for fans and collectors of Wells' work. Contents include: "The Prophetic Habit Of Mind," "Material Progress," "New York," "Growth Invincible," "The Economic Process," "Some Aspects Of American Wealth," "Certain Workers," "Corruption," "The Immigrant," "State-Blindness," "Two Studies In Disappointment," "The Tragedy Of Color," "The Mind Of A Modern State," et cetera. Herbert George Wells (1866 - 1946) was a prolific English writer who wrote in a variety of genres, including the novel, politics, history, and social commentary. Today, he is perhaps best remembered for his contributions to the science fiction genre thanks to such novels as "The Time Machine" (1895), "The Invisible Man" (1897), and "The War of the Worlds" (1898). "The Father of Science Fiction" was also a staunch socialist, and his later works are increasingly political and didactic. Many vintage books such as this are becoming increasingly scarce and expensive. We are republishing this book now in an affordable, modern, high-quality edition complete with a specially commissioned new biography of the author.
Download or read book FUTURE IN AMER A SEARCH AFTER written by H. G. (Herbert George) 1866-1946 Wells and published by Wentworth Press. This book was released on 2016-08-26 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Download or read book The Future in America written by H Wells and published by . This book was released on 2017-09-26 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Future in America: A Search After Realities is a 1906 travel essay by H. G. Wells recounting his impressions from the first of half a dozen visits he would make to the United States. The book consists of fifteen chapters and a concluding "envoy".Wells describes the United States as "a great and energetic English-speaking population strewn across a continent so vast as to make it seem small and thin . . . caught by the upward sweep of that great increase of knowledge that is everywhere enlarging the power and scope of human effort, exhilarated by it, and active and hopeful beyond any population the world has ever seen" engaged in "a universal commercial competition that must, in the end, if it is not modified, divide them into two permanent classes of rich and poor."Much of the book is devoted to an admittedly superficial discussion of American social problems: labor, corruption (through Jane Addams Wells was able to visit Chicago slums and a corrupt alderman's saloon), immigration (Wells called for either "a gigantic and costly machinery organized to educate and civilize" immigrants, or restriction "to numbers assimilable under existing conditions"), "state-blindness" (by which Wells means the typical American's failure to perceive "that his business activities, his private employments, are constituents in a large collective process"), injustice, racial prejudice (he met with Booker T. Washington, rejected the viability of segregation, and praised the "heroic" resolve of black Americans), American universities, Boston's excessive attachment to the past, and the urgent need for democratizing political reform. The last chapter of the book is devoted to impressions of Theodore Roosevelt, whom he visited at the White House and whom Wells sees as representative not only of the United States but also as "a very symbol of the creative will in man," "the creative purpose, the good-will in men." The Future in America concludes with an "envoy" announcing that "in America, by sheer virtue of its size, its free traditions, and the habit of initiative in its people, the leadership of progress must ultimately rest."
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Download or read book The Future in America written by H Wells and published by . This book was released on 2018-03-21 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Future in America: A Search After Realities is a 1906 travel essay by H. G. Wells recounting his impressions from the first of half a dozen visits he would make to the United States. The book consists of fifteen chapters and a concluding "envoy".Wells describes the United States as "a great and energetic English-speaking population strewn across a continent so vast as to make it seem small and thin . . . caught by the upward sweep of that great increase of knowledge that is everywhere enlarging the power and scope of human effort, exhilarated by it, and active and hopeful beyond any population the world has ever seen" engaged in "a universal commercial competition that must, in the end, if it is not modified, divide them into two permanent classes of rich and poor."
Download or read book The Future in America written by H. G. Wells and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-06-30 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Future in America: A Search After Realities The question "Are you a Polygamist?" "Are you an Anarchist?" The questions seem impertinent. They are part of a long paper of interrogations I must answer satisfactorily if I am to be regarded as a desirable alien to enter the United States of America. I want very much to pass that great statue of Liberty illuminating the World (from a central position in New York Harbor), in order to see things in its light, to talk to certain people, to appreciate certain atmospheres, and so I resist the provocation to answer impertinently. I do not even volunteer that I do not smoke and am a total abstainer; on which points it would seem the States as a whole still keep an open mind. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book The Future in America written by Herbert George Wells and published by . This book was released on 2020-11-13 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The questions seem impertinent. They are part of a long paper of interrogations I mustanswer satisfactorily if I am to be regarded as a desirable alien to enter the United States ofAmerica. I want very much to pass that great statue of Liberty illuminating the World (froma central position in New York Harbor), in order to see things in its light, to talk to certainpeople, to appreciate certain atmospheres, and so I resist the provocation to answerimpertinently. I do not even volunteer that I do not smoke and am a total abstainer; onwhich points it would seem the States as a whole still keep an open mind. I am full ofcuriosity about America, I am possessed by a problem I feel I cannot adequately discusseven with myself except over there, and I must go even at the price of coming to a decisionupon the theoretically open questions these two inquiries raise
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Download or read book The Future in America written by H. G. Wells and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2015-11-29 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What the visiting foreigner takes away from America -will always hear a fixed proportion to what he brings. "I felt instinctively," says Mr. Wells, ' "that Boston could never possibly understand the light traveling of a philosophical carpet-beggar." He makes no secret, indeed, of his conviction that the Bostonians do not know what to forget. We find him impatient of pilgrimages to Mount Vernon and Concord and other shrines, excusing himself on the ground that the English are such a young people. This is in sharp contrast, of course, to the mood of Mr. Bryce, but it may be doubted whether any book written about us since the appearance of the "American Commonwealth" has been quite so well worthwhile. Mr. Bryce remembered everything; Mr. Wells contrives to forget everything save his consuming interest in the future of mankind upon this planet, and in America's probable part in the shaping of that future. Divested to a wonderful degree of national prejudice, of literary preoccupation, of leisure even (for he was here only seven weeks), our visitor brought with him a very keen pair of eyes and the gift, moreover, of picturesque and effective presentation. His book is a bold, strongly drawn cartoon, in which the lines, though not always right perhaps, are at least consistent and inspiring. To the European eye, our continent is still unpopulated, despite its urban congestion. Our people are roughly prosperous, not yet consciously defeated in the economic struggle, and childishly delighted with growth -not with mere having, as some observers think, but with growing bigger and bigger. A sight in Alderman Kenna's saloon of the base and coarse faces of those who have no ideals and yet have votes has brought vividly home to our author the alternative with us for private ownership. "If public services are to be taken out of the hands of such associations of financiers as the Standard Oil group they have to be put in the hands of politicians resting at last upon this sort of basis. Therein resides the impossibility of socialism in America-as the case for socialism is put at present." Wise socialist to see it! Is the future in America, as Mr. Wells forecasts it, hopeful or the reverse? He sees dangers in our plutocracy and in our immigration. We might stagnate like China or decay like Rome. "An illiterate, shortsighted America would be America doomed." But we are not illiterate. Our ten cent magazines are so far superior to those sold in England for six-pence that he has hopes of us. "It is these millions of readers who make the American problem, and the problem of Europe and the world today, unique and incalculable, who provide a cohesive and reasonable and pacifying medium the Old World did not know. -"The Charity Organization Review," Vol. 18 [1907]
Download or read book The Future in America written by Herbert George Wells and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
