A Constitution for the Kingdom of Heaven on Earth
| Title | A Constitution for the Kingdom of Heaven on Earth |
| Year for Search | 1915 |
| Pagination | 31 pp. |
| Date Published | [1915] |
| Publisher | Johnston, Fear & Kingham, Printers |
| Place Published | Melbourne, Vic, Australia |
| Annotation | An extremely detailed utopia based on the need for “an Industrial and Economic world-wide Constitution” (1). Proposes the gradual nationalization through purchase of industries as they grow “into a trust, monopoly or combine” (2) that will “own all the means of production and distribution” and “guarantee State employment State employment to all. . . (3). Same income to men and women paid in time vouchers with all goods priced on the time taken to produce them. Includes a description of a Parliament with a House of Industries and a People’s Chamber, a system of Boards of Management. Support for widows and children, free medical care, free education. Details on taxation. These details followed by a substantial section on Christ’s teachings (12-27). |
| Holding Institutions | VSL |
| Full Text | [1915] A Constitution for the Kingdom of Heaven on Earth. Melbourne, Vic, Australia: Johnston, Fear & Kingham, Printers. 31 pp. VSL An extremely detailed utopia based on the need for “an Industrial and Economic world-wide Constitution” (1). Proposes the gradual nationalization through purchase of industries as they grow “into a trust, monopoly or combine” (2) that will “own all the means of production and distribution” and “guarantee State employment State employment to all. . . (3). Same income to men and women paid in time vouchers with all goods priced on the time taken to produce them. Includes a description of a Parliament with a House of Industries and a People’s Chamber, a system of Boards of Management. Support for widows and children, free medical care, free education. Details on taxation. These details followed by a substantial section on Christ’s teachings (12-27). |
