H. G. Wells and the World StateYale University Press, 1961 - 301 pages |
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... century . Had he been born twenty , or perhaps even ten , years later , his career could have taken a radically dif- ferent turn . Instead , many of his fundamental convictions and much of his response to the twentieth - century world ...
... century . Had he been born twenty , or perhaps even ten , years later , his career could have taken a radically dif- ferent turn . Instead , many of his fundamental convictions and much of his response to the twentieth - century world ...
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... century of his life , because he was at least half a popular as well as a serious writer , and because he tended to become a symbol of the nineteenth century among the avant - garde in spite of his 42. Scott - James , Fifty Years of ...
... century of his life , because he was at least half a popular as well as a serious writer , and because he tended to become a symbol of the nineteenth century among the avant - garde in spite of his 42. Scott - James , Fifty Years of ...
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... century mental climate . The interest generated in mid - twentieth century by the arguments of a Toynbee or a Northrop or a Mumford for some kind of integrated world civilization may also suggest that Wells was successful in teaching ...
... century mental climate . The interest generated in mid - twentieth century by the arguments of a Toynbee or a Northrop or a Mumford for some kind of integrated world civilization may also suggest that Wells was successful in teaching ...
Contents
Acknowledgments vii | 1 |
The Prophetic Office | 12 |
Fundamental Assumptions | 60 |
Copyright | |
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