TY - ABST T1 - A Century Hence or, A Romance of 1941 Y1 - 1841 A1 - George Tucker (1775-1861) ED - Donald R. Noble KW - Male author KW - US author AB -

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. 

PB - University Press of Virginia CY - Charlottesville U5 -

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