@booklet {6914, title = {A Century Hence or, A Romance of 1941}, year = {1841}, month = {[1841]/1977}, publisher = {University Press of Virginia}, address = {Charlottesville}, abstract = {

The novel is mildly dystopian and emphasizes the effects of overpopulation stressing problems related to food production, unemployment, and the quality of life. In New York City, people live on sampans. In England, there is no uncultivated land left, and in Asia the situation is worse. There are various proposals to reduce population growth, including birth control and delaying marriage with a tax on those who marry young. Also depicts the advancement of women in Europe, where they are physicians and preachers, but not in the U.S., which has not changed. Some on international relations.\ 

}, keywords = {Male author, US author}, author = {George Tucker (1775-1861)}, editor = {Donald R. Noble} } @booklet {7272, title = {A Voyage to the Moon: With Some Account of the Manners and Customs, Science and Philosophy, of the People of Morosofia, and Other Lunarians}, year = {1827}, note = {

Rpt. Boston, MA: Gregg Press, 1975 with a brief \“Preface\” (vii-ix) by David G. Hartwell and reprinting\  (267-94) an anonymous review from the American Quarterly Review (Philadelphia, PA), no. 5 (March 1828): 61-88.

}, month = {1827}, publisher = {Elam Bliss}, address = {New-York}, abstract = {

Mostly satire but includes a eutopia called Okalbia, meaning Happy Valley, that is almost self-sufficient and has little outside contact. People marry young and limit family size to means. Traditional gender roles. See also 1841 Tucker.

}, keywords = {Male author, US author}, author = {George Tucker (1775-1861)} }