TY - ABST T1 - Depopulation: A Romance of the Unlikely Y1 - 1899 A1 - Henry Wright (1852-ca. 1940) KW - Male author KW - UK author AB -

Mostly an economic novel depicting trusts controlling the economy followed by the trusts being taken over by government, and a eutopia is foreshadowed but not presented in detail. The tool used by the working class, which led to the capitulation of the trusts, was to refuse to have children to provide future workers.

PB - George Allen CY - London N1 -

Rpt. in Late Victorian Utopias: A Prospectus. Ed. Gregory Claeys. 6 vols. (London: Pickering & Chatto, 2009), 6: 123-99. Editor's notes, 121, 202-03.

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The cover adds a second subtitle--Labour v. Capital.

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ER - TY - ABST T1 - Mental Travels in Imagined Lands Y1 - 1878 A1 - Henry Wright (1852-ca. 1940) KW - Male author KW - UK author AB -

Travels through Labourland, Fortuneland, and Nomunniburgh (the eutopia). The key to Nomunniburgh is the lack of money. All basic goods and services are provided in exchange for work from the populace. Education is the basis for all political advancement. Sex and morality education are provided. Only good literature is available.

PB - Trübner & Co CY - London N1 -

Rpt. in Late Victorian Utopias: A Prospectus. Ed. Gregory Claeys. 6 vols. (London: Pickering & Chatto, 2009), 2: 3-91. Editor's notes, 1, 313-14.

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L, LLL, O, PSt

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