Mankind in the Making by H. G. Wells
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"Mankind in the Making" by H. G. Wells is a collection of essays published in 1903. Wells examines how children develop into citizens of the modern state, proposing a controversial doctrine called "New Republicanism" that judges all things by their effect on human evolution. He critiques contemporary institutions and addresses contentious topics including reproduction, child-rearing standards, infant mortality, and language education. Wells advocates for state-determined childcare standards and policies designed to discourage
what he terms "inferior people" from reproducing, revealing the troubling eugenic thinking of his era. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Wells, H. G. (Herbert George), 1866-1946 |
|---|---|
| Title | Mankind in the Making |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mankind_in_the_Making |
| Contents | The New Republic -- The problem of the birth supply -- Certain wholesale aspects of man-making -- The beginnings of the mind and language -- The man-making forces of the modern state -- Schooling -- Political and social influences -- The cultivation of the imagination -- The organization of the higher education -- Thought in the modern state -- The man's own share -- Appendix: Paper on administrative areas read before the Fabian society. |
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Produced by Michelle Shephard, Tiffany Vergon, Juliet Sutherland, Charles Franks, David Widger and the Online Distributed Proofreaders |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 48.6 (College-level). Difficult to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | HN: Social sciences: Social history and conditions, Social problems |
| Subject | Social problems |
| Subject | Social sciences |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 7058 |
| Release Date | Dec 1, 2004 |
| Last Update | Feb 26, 2021 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 927 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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