| Author |
Wells, H. G. (Herbert George), 1866-1946 |
| LoC No. |
29001252
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| Title |
The way the world is going : Guesses & forecasts of the years ahead
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| Alternate Title |
The way the world is going : Guesses and forecasts of the years ahead
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| Original Publication |
Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Doran and Company, Inc., 1927, copyright 1929.
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| Note |
"These articles were written for great weekly newspapers upon both sides of the Atlantic." -- Note
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| Contents |
Man becomes a different animal: delusions about human fixity -- What is happening in China? Does the Kuomintang foreshadow a new sort of government in the world? -- What is Fascism? Whither is it taking Italy? -- Doubts of democracy: new experiments in government -- Democracy under revision: a lecture delivered at the Sorbonne on March 15th, 1927 -- The absurdity of British politics: a shadow on the whole world. What has to be done about it? -- Baldwinism a danger to the world: wanted, a Coalition government. The deadlock and the way out -- Communism and witchcraft -- The future of labour: the struggle between Capital and Labour; controversial hallucinations -- What is the British Empire worth to mankind? Meditations of an Empire citizen -- The present uselessness and danger of aeroplanes: a problem in organisation -- Changes in the arts of war: are armies needed any longer? The twilight of the Guards -- Delusions about world peace: the price of peace -- The possibility of war between Britain and America. Such a war is being prepared now: what are intelligent people to do about it? -- The remarkable vogue of broadcasting: will it continue? -- The silliest film: will machinery make robots of men? -- Is life becoming happier? -- Experimenting with marriage: legal recognition of current realities -- New light on mental life: Mr. J.W. Dunne's experiments with dreaming -- Popular feeling and the advancement of science: anti-vivisection -- The new American people: what is wrong with it? -- Outrages in defence of order: the proposed murder of two American Socialists -- Some plain words to Americans. Are the Americans a sacred people? Is international criticism restricted to the eastward position? -- Fuel-getting in the modern world -- The man of science and the expressive man. To whom does the future belong? Some thoughts about Ivan Pavloff and George Bernard Shaw -- The future of the novel: difficulties of the modern novelist -- Is belief in a spirit world growing? Why many sensible men continue to doubt and disregard it. What is immortality?
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| Credits |
Sean/IB@DP
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| Language |
English |
| LoC Class |
D: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere
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| Subject |
Social prediction
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| Subject |
English essays -- 20th century
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| Category |
Text |
| EBook-No. |
77242 |
| Release Date |
Nov 16, 2025 |
| Most Recently Updated |
Dec 29, 2025 |
| Copyright Status |
Public domain in the USA. |
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