If I Were Dictator

TitleIf I Were Dictator
Year for Search1935
AuthorsMaxton, James(1885-1946)
Date Published1935
PublisherMethuen
Place PublishedLondon
KeywordsMale author, Scottish author
Annotation

A eutopia based on a series of reforms. World disarmament, world government with national and local governments abolished, a new currency, English as the universal language, no poverty, shorter work hours in better conditions, improved education, and women economically independent. 

Info Notes

Part of a series published in 1934 and 1935. Others in the series are 1934 Erskine, Huxley, and Raglan, and 1935 Bartlett and Sheppard.

Holding Institutions

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Author Note

Scottish author (1885-1946) and Labour M.P. (1922-46) who is the subject of a biography by [James] Gordon Brown (b. 1951), Prime Minister of the U.K. (2007-10). Maxton. Edinburgh, Scot: Mainstream Publishing, 1986, which does not mention this book. 

Full Text

1935 Maxton, James (1885-1946). If I Were Dictator. London: Methuen. L, LLL, PSt

A eutopia based on a series of reforms. World disarmament, world government with national and local governments abolished, a new currency, English as the universal language, no poverty, shorter work hours in better conditions, improved education, and women economically independent. Scottish author and Labour M.P. (1922-46) who is the subject of a biography by [James] Gordon Brown (b. 1951), Prime Minister of the U.K. (2007-10). Maxton. Edinburgh, Scot: Mainstream Publishing, 1986, which does not mention this book. Part of a series published in 1934 and 1935. Others in the series are 1934 Erskine, Huxley, and Raglan, and 1935 Bartlett and Sheppard.