Utopia Achieved: A Novel of the Future
Title | Utopia Achieved: A Novel of the Future |
Year for Search | 1912 |
Authors | Brinsmade, Herman Hine |
Pagination | 177 pp. |
Date Published | 1912 |
Publisher | Broadway Pub. Co. |
Place Published | New York |
Keywords | Male author, US author |
Annotation | Eutopia set in 1960. Many reforms, particularly in diet, which is primarily vegetarian. The Federal Bureau of Health provides education, ensures that food is pure, and offers free medical care with a stress on prevention. Advances in technology. Five-hour workday. Single tax ensures prosperity. The idea of a single tax on land originated with Henry George (1839-1897). For Henry George's explanation of the single tax, see his Progress and Poverty. An Inquiry Into the Cause of Industrial Depressions and Of Increase of Want With Increase of Wealth. The Remedy. San Francisco, CA: W.M. Hinton, 1879. Fiftieth Anniversary Ed. New York: The Robert Schalkenbach Foundation, 1929. |
Additional Publishers | Rpt. New York: Arno Press and The New York Times, 1971. |
Illustration | Cover by Maurer [probably Alfred Henry Maurer (1868-1932). |
Holding Institutions | DLC, HRC, MoU-St, PSt |
Full Text | 1912 Brinsmade, Herman Hine. Utopia Achieved: A Novel of the Future. Cover by Maurer [probably Alfred Henry Maurer (1868-1932)]. New York: Broadway Pub. Co. 177 pp. Rpt. without the cover. New York: Arno Press and The New York Times, 1971. DLC, HRC, MoU-St, PSt Eutopia set in 1960. Many reforms, particularly in diet, which is primarily vegetarian. The Federal Bureau of Health provides education, ensures that food is pure, and offers free medical care with a stress on prevention. Advances in technology. Five-hour workday. Single tax ensures prosperity. The idea of a single tax on land originated with Henry George (1839-1897). For Henry George's explanation of the single tax, see his Progress and Poverty. An Inquiry Into the Cause of Industrial Depressions and Of Increase of Want With Increase of Wealth. The Remedy. San Francisco, CA: W.M. Hinton, 1879. Fiftieth Anniversary Ed. New York: The Robert Schalkenbach Foundation, 1929. |