LEADER 03274nam 22004933 450 001 9910163311403321 005 20230220084621.0 010 $a9781785435522 010 $a1785435523 035 $a(CKB)3710000001046606 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC7197402 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL7197402 035 $a(BIP)059612543 035 $a(OCoLC)1370498003 035 $a(Perlego)1070084 035 $a(Perlego)2918465 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000001046606 100 $a20230220d2016 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aNew Worlds For Old $e?We all have our time machines, don't we. Those that take us back are memories...And those that carry us forward, are dreams.? 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aLondon :$cCopyright Group,$d2016. 210 4$dİ2016. 215 $a1 online resource (133 pages) 311 08$a9780599912786 311 08$a0599912782 311 08$a9783849641634 311 08$a3849641635 330 8 $aThis is the annotated edition including the rare biographical essay by Edwin E. Slosson called "H. G. Wells - A Major Prophet Of His Time". This is the twentieth book from the fertile pen of a writer equally entertaining and ingenious in the short story, the romance, the novel and the sociological essay. He is an Englishman with a Gallic literary style, is well acquainted with America and though a champion of good-will, is a joyous and irresponsible critic of all things human.The underlying purpose of this book, perhaps more serious than that in any of the other nineteen he has written, is to present and defend the creed of socialism in a manner to convince and convert the public. The author begins with the assertion of his belief in the betterment of things and in the growth of good-will, yet he finds much misery and many evils calling for change. The fundamental idea of socialism is to introduce constructive design into social action. First, the blundering and unsuccessful rearing of children must be remedied by taking much of the task into the hands of the state; and secondly the mischievous exaggeration of private property must be reduced.. These reforms can be brought about by "the spirit of service" which is to replace the spirit of gain. Objections are then taken up in detail, the author arguing that the best in home life need not be destroyed, that many kinds of private property would best be retained, and that efficiency and progress would not be arrested. That socialism is not a fixed program but a developing doctrine he seeks to show by a glance at the earlier utopian ideas, by a sarcastic and dissenting critique of the revolutionary socialism of Marx, and by a sketch of the older Fabian (which he calls administrative) socialism, and by arguments on constructive socialism, mainly emphasizing the need of education and spiritual change as a condition for the socialist state. 606 $aSocialism 615 0$aSocialism. 676 $a335 700 $aWells$b H.G$0184654 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910163311403321 996 $aNew Worlds For Old$93009914 997 $aUNINA