Looking Backward Predictions Echoed by Bellamy
32 years ago Edward Bellamy foresaw changes now debated by statesmen. A world with the League of Nations, public ownership of industry, a moneyless economy, and universal credit for all citizens. He argued women gain equality and careers while marriages become love matches under a global industrial order.
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Bellamy
How to Be Your Own Weather Man
A compact home forecasting guide from the New York Sun notes signs of coming weather. It lists cloud cover patterns fogs and moon color cues plus simple couplets like Red in the morning red at night and sea-bird and mackerel sky indicators for predicting rain and fair spells.
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Dr. Lette
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Army of Industry
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Looking Backward and its global reach
Oliver Light notes Bellamy s Looking Backward became a worldwide sensation selling a million copies in English and translations into several languages. The novel follows Julian West, a wealthy Bostonian who sleeps from May 30, 1887, and awakens on September 10, 2000, after 113 years.
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Mr. Bellamy
America
Julian West
Boston World Envisions Peaceful Global Order Under Government Jobs
In a transformed Boston he observes a world at peace with all nations flourishing. The new industrial system assigns government as the sole capitalist and employer, leaving Mr. West perplexed by the drastic social change.
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BY Oliver Light