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The Future in America: A Search After Realities (Classic Reprint)
The Future in America A Search After Realities - Classic Reprint Author:H. G. Wells CHAPTER I — the PEOPnETIC habit of mind § 1 — [At a Writing-desk in Sandgate in April, 1006.'] — "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 w... more »ant very much to pass that great statue of Liberty illuminating the world (from a central position in New York Harbour) 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 imp< rtiiuntlj. I do not even volunteer that I do not smoke Ld am a total abstainer, on which point?! it would seem, the States as a whole still pen mind. I am full
Table of Contents
CONTENTS; chapifr page; L THE PROPHETIC HABIT OF MIND 1; II EN ROUTE 27; III GROWTH INVINCIBLE 49; IV THE ECONOMIC PROCESS 91; V SOME ASPECTS OF AMERICAN WEALTH ~ 117; VI CERTAIN WORKERS141; VII CORRUPTION 159; VIII THE IMMIGRANT 183; IX STATE-BLINDNESS209; X TWO STUDIES IN DISAPPOINTMENT 231; XI THE TRAGEDY OF COLOUR 257; XII THE MIND OF A MODERN STATE 283; XIII CULTURE309; XIV AT WASHINGTON327; THE ENVOY351
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