The Shape of Things to Come by H. G. Wells (Illustrated)电子书

H. G. WELLS

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The Shape of Things to Come

INTRODUCTION: THE DREAM BOOK OF DR. PHILIP RAVEN

BOOK THE FIRST TODAY AND TOMORROW: THE AGE OF FRUSTRATION DAWNS

1. - A CHRONOLOGICAL NOTE

2. - HOW THE IDEA AND HOPE OF THE MODERN WORLD STATE FIRST APPEARED

3. - THE ACCUMULATING DISPROPORTIONS OF THE OLD ORDER

4. - EARLY ATTEMPTS TO UNDERSTAND AND DEAL WITH THESE DISPROPORTIONS; THE CRITICISMS OF KARL MARX AND HENRY GEORGE

5. - THE WAY IN WHICH COMPETITION AND MONETARY INEFFICIENCY STRAINED THE OLD ORDER

6. - THE PARADOX OF OVER-PRODUCTION AND ITS RELATION TO WAR

7. - THE GREAT WAR OF 1914-1918

8. - THE IMPULSE TO ABOLISH WAR; THE EPISODE OF THE FORD PEACE SHIP

9. - THE DIRECT ACTION OF THE ARMAMENT INDUSTRIES IN MAINTAINING WAR STRESSES

10. - VERSAILLES: SEED BED OF DISASTERS

11. - THE IMPULSE TO ABOLISH WAR: WHY THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS FAILED TO PACIFY THE WORLD

12. - THE BREAKDOWN OF “FINANCE” AND SOCIAL MORALE AFTER VERSAILLES

13. - 1933: “PROGRESS” COMES TO A HALT

BOOK THE SECOND THE DAYS AFTER TOMORROW: THE AGE OF FRUSTRATION

1. - THE LONDON CONFERENCE: THE CROWNING FAILURE OF THE OLD GOVERNMENTS; THE SPREAD OF DICTATORSHIPS AND FASCISMS

2. - THE SLOUGHING OF THE OLD EDUCATIONAL TRADITION

3. - DISINTEGRATION AND CRYSTALLIZATION IN THE SOCIAL MAGMA; THE GANGSTER AND MILITANT POLITICAL ORGANIZATIONS

4. - CHANGES IN WAR PRACTICE AFTER THE WORLD WAR

5. - THE FADING VISION OF A WORLD PAX: JAPAN REVERTS TO WARFARE

6. - THE WESTERN GRIP ON ASIA RELAXES

7. - THE MODERN STATE AND GERMANY

8. - A NOTE ON HATE AND CRUELTY

9. - THE LAST WAR CYCLONE, 1940-50

10. - THE RAID OF THE GERMS

11. - EUROPE IN 1960

12. - AMERICA IN LIQUIDATION

BOOK THE THIRD THE WORLD RENASCENCE: THE BIRTH OF THE MODERN STATE

1. - THE PLAN OF THE MODERN STATE IS WORKED OUT

2. - THOUGHT AND ACTION: THE NEW MODEL OF REVOLUTION

3. - THE TECHNICAL REVOLUTIONARY

4. - PROPHETS, PIONEERS, FANATICS AND MURDERED MEN

5. - THE FIRST CONFERENCE AT BASRA: 1965

6. - THE GROWTH OF RESISTANCE TO THE SEA AND AIR-WAYS CONTROL

7. - INTELLECTUAL ANTAGONISM TO THE MODERN STATE

8. - THE SECOND CONFERENCE AT BASRA, 1978

9.- “THREE COURSES OF ACTION”

10. - THE LIFE-TIME PLAN

11. - THE REAL STRUGGLE FOR GOVERNMENT BEGINS

BOOK THE FOURTH THE MODERN STATE MILITANT

1. - GAP IN THE TEXT

2. - MELODRAMATIC INTERLUDE

3. - FUTILE INSURRECTION

4. - THE SCHOOLING OF MANKIND

5. - THE TEXT RESUMES: THE TYRANNY OF THE SECOND COUNCIL

6. - AESTHETIC FRUSTRATION: THE NOTE-BOOKS OF ARISTON THEOTOCOPULOS

7. - THE DECLARATION OF MÉGÈVE

BOOK THE FIFTH THE MODERN STATE IN CONTROL OF LIFE

1. - MONDAY MORNING IN THE CREATION OF A NEW WORLD

2. - KEYING UP THE PLANET

3. - GEOGONIC PLANNING

4. - CHANGES IN THE CONTROL OF BEHAVIOUR

5. - ORGANIZATION OF PLENTY

6. - THE AVERAGE MAN GROWS OLDER AND WISER

7. - LANGUAGE AND MENTAL GROWTH

8. - SUBLIMATION OF INTEREST

9. - A NEW PHASE IN THE HISTORY OF LIFE

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