Anticipations of the reaction of mechanical and scientific progress upon human…
"Anticipations of the Reaction of Mechanical and Scientific Progress upon Human Life and Thought" by H.G. Wells is a work of social prophecy published in 1901. At thirty-four, Wells predicted how technological revolution would transform twentieth-century society. He forecast the rise of motor vehicles, suburban sprawl, and shifting class structures. Wells envisioned new forms of warfare, the obsolescence of democracy, and the emergence of a scientifically trained governing class. His predictions proved
remarkably prescient, though his social philosophy remains controversial. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Read or download for free
| How to read | Url | Size | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Read now! | https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/19229.html.images | 537 kB | |||
| EPUB3 (E-readers incl. Send-to-Kindle) | https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/19229.epub3.images | 305 kB | |||
| EPUB (older E-readers) | https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/19229.epub.images | 308 kB | |||
| EPUB (no images, older E-readers) | https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/19229.epub.noimages | 269 kB | |||
| Kindle | https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/19229.kf8.images | 636 kB | |||
| older Kindles | https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/19229.kindle.images | 594 kB | |||
| Plain Text UTF-8 | https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/19229.txt.utf-8 | 498 kB | |||
| Download HTML (zip) | https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/19229/pg19229-h.zip | 291 kB | |||
| There may be more files related to this item. | |||||
Similar Books
About this eBook
| Author | Wells, H. G. (Herbert George), 1866-1946 |
|---|---|
| Title | Anticipations of the reaction of mechanical and scientific progress upon human life and thought |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anticipations |
| Contents | Locomotion in the twentieth century -- The probable diffusion of great cities -- Developing social elements -- Certain social reactions -- The life-history of democracy -- War in the twentieth century -- The conflict of languages -- The larger synthesis -- Faith, morals, and public policy in the twentieth century. |
| Credits |
Produced by Malcolm Farmer, Martin Pettit and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 46.3 (College-level). Difficult to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | HN: Social sciences: Social history and conditions, Social problems |
| Subject | Civilization |
| Subject | Twentieth century -- Forecasts |
| Subject | Communication and traffic |
| Subject | Social prediction |
| Category | Text |
| EBook-No. | 19229 |
| Release Date | Sep 9, 2006 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 710 downloads in the last 30 days. |
| Project Gutenberg eBooks are always free! | |