“Utopia in a Nutshell”

Year for Search
1896
Secondary Title
American Fabian
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Brief Christian socialist eutopia set in Boston in 1946. Municipalization of most services, which are all free and paid for from the profits of the city-owned electric company. Six-hour workday five days a week. No work on Sunday with clergy working regular jobs. The author was a well-known Christian socialist minister, initially Congregational, then Episcopalian.

Volume / Edition
2.4
Pagination
8
Published Date

June 1896

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1896 [Bliss, William Dwight Porter] (1856-1926). “Utopia in a Nutshell.” American Fabian 2.4 (June 1896): 8. Originally published in an unidentified Boston newspaper. PSt

Brief Christian socialist eutopia set in Boston in 1946. Municipalization of most services, which are all free and paid for from the profits of the city-owned electric company. Six-hour workday five days a week. No work on Sunday with clergy working regular jobs. The author was born in Turkey, where his parents were Christian missionaries, and was a well-known Christian socialist minister, initially Congregational, then Episcopalian.

Author Note

The author (1856-1926) was born in Turkey, where his parents were Christian missionaries, and was a well-known Christian socialist minister, initially Congregational, then Episcopalian.

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